The second-highest honor is playing for your country, and the highest honor is wearing the armband for your country. It shows that the players have confidence in me, and that feels good.

Americans love winners, so if we win we know we'll get a lot of support.

Do I feel pressure being a young player with high expectations? Nah.

Some things you can shake off, some things dig deeper than soccer.

To imagine being in Germany having a home crowd is kind of silly, but we'll take it.

I've got a lot to prove to a lot of people, including myself.

I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.