Intro:

Jurgen Klinsmann wants his US side to get a real test of their abilities as they take on Ireland in Dublin on Tuesday (18th November).

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English), Jurgen Klinsmann:

"We are looking very much forward to it. I think for us it is just great to come to Europe and get tested, get bench marked and get experience and hopefully improve our team going forward - as much as we can, as quickly as we can. I think with Ireland we have a team that is on the rise, a team that is doing very well in European 2016 qualifiers with obviously a bunch of players from the Premier League, Championship - they are proven players. So that will give us another strong and demanding test."

SOUNDBITE: (English), Jurgen Klinsmann:

"We want results, we want to earn respect whereever we go and whereever we play those games and here and there it works well and in other places you come away with that piece of experience that you are still missing some pieces - that you still have to improve some areas, which you are constantly working on. But if you don't approach those games with a high difficult level then we won't get those answers - then we can make it easy and play every game at home and chose nations that we have a bigger advantage. I'm not developing this programme, I'm not getting the team to another level."