USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is still sizing up much of his FIFA World Cup™ talent, but he has no doubts about goalkeeper Tim Howard.
Klinsmann, overseeing a pre-World Cup training camp including 30 players at Stanford University in Palo Alto, said the veteran 'keeper, who plays for Everton in the English Premier League, is among the top five in the world.
"He, I think, was in the top three of the Premier League this year, and I look at him as the top five in the world," Klinsmann said in remarks posted on MLSSoccer.com .
Klinsmann said Howard was at a point in hiscareer where he could stamp his mark on a WorldCup.
"I think there is something special waiting for Tim(in Brazil), that he hopefully makes that hisspecial moment," Klinsmann said.
In April the 35-year-old Howard inked a contractextension with Everton that will keep him at thePremier League club until 2018.Howard will be playing in his third World Cup.
Heserved as back-up to Kasey Keller at the 2006 World Cup and was the starting 'keeper in 2010 inSouth Africa. The United States are drawn inGroup G along with Ghana, who reached thequarter-finals in the 2010 edition, UEFA EURO2012 semi-finalists Portugal and one of thefavourites for the trophy, Germany. They will kickoff their campaign on 16 June against Ghana.
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