Intro:

Jurgen Klinsmann discusses his side's 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Tuesday (31st March) as USA striker Jozy Altidore was sent off following a foul and then swearing at Italian referee Luca Banti.

Script:

(English) Jurgen Klinsmann, USA head coach:

(On the result).

"We had enough chances in the first half to put the game away. Unfortunately we didn't do that. It was a beautiful free kick, but we should of scored before that. From our point of view with the red card it changed, we had to back up. We were missing Jozy up front who can hold the ball up for us, is a danger, is a threat. So it got more and more difficult and then it came to the equaliser. Overall I saw a lot of good stuff tonight from the players, from the entire group."

SOUNDBITE (English) Jurgen Klinsmann, USA head coach:

(On USA conceding late in games).

"It might be a theme, but it's not a problem because we know the reason why these things happen. In some games we ran out of gas and then made individual mistakes or now this was a purely individual mistake nothing to do with the physical condition which is good. We are making progress, we are getting closer to the 90 minutes then we were playing in the World Cup. So this is good to see."