Arena calls for US to be considered as seeds

The US should be chosen if FIFA selects a team from the CONCACAF region to be seeded in next week's draw for the World Cup finals, according to US coach Bruce Arena. Arena said: "The United States has done what is necessary in the region to deserve...

The US should be chosen if FIFA selects a team from the CONCACAF region to be seeded in next week's draw for the World Cup finals, according to US coach Bruce Arena.

Arena said: "The United States has done what is necessary in the region to deserve it."

The US won the CONCACAF regional qualifying tournament for the first time in 71 years, edging Mexico into second place.

The United States are eighth in FIFA's world rankings, one place behind Mexico. Eight teams will be top-seeded in the draw for the finals that takes place in Leipzig tomorrow week.

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