SEATTLE - The United States may have avoided five-time World Cup champion Brazil in the quarterfinals of the Copa America Centenario, but coach Jurgen Klinsmann isn't taking the opponent they did get in Ecuador lightly.
"They have some special players in that side," Klinsmann said of FIFA's 13-ranked team before rattling off the names of some of Ecuador's stars, including English Premier League trio Antonio Valencia of Manchester United, Enner Valencia of West Ham and Swansea City's Jefferson Montero.
"It's a good team," added the U.S. coach.
Yet Klinsmann still likes his squad's chances of advancing at CenturyLink Field in front of the Seattle Sounders' boisterous supporters-even if he thinks the outcome could go either way for the No.