United States goalkeeper Tim Howard believes Bruce Arena's return to coaching the national team will give the Americans a boost in World Cup qualification and make players better understand the importance of wearing the country's colors.
The U.S. began the Hexagonal phase of CONCACAF qualifying under Jurgen Klinsmann last year with a pair of losses to Mexico and Costa Rica, respectively.
And Howard, 37, said the team have put themselves in a "situation" that they'll need to navigate under Arena in order to reach Russia in 2018.
The Colorado Rapids keeper admitted that the start to qualification was not good, but says there is still plenty of time to right the ship under Arena to ensure the team doesn't miss its first World Cup since not qualifying in 1986.