Marcelo Balboa would have preferred a face-to-face meeting and not by email

After the USMNT announced the official list of 26 summoned for the World Cup 2026 in a discreet way, unlike other teams, the North American former World Cup player in 1994, Marcelo Balboa criticized the ways of informing the players of their participation in the World Cup tournament.

This was stated exclusively in the edition of Extra Opinion Timethe leader of the North American team 32 years ago under the command of Serbian coach Bora Milutinovic, who stated that I would have preferred to be told in front of the reasons why yes or no for a World Cup call.

“All technicians have to do it as they feel comfortable.”. I can’t give an opinion because I’m not a technician. I like face to face with a technician. If you’re going to cut me today, I want to know it man by man, player by coach; Tell me why I don’t arrive.

Eye to eye But I want to know why, I want to ask him why. Explain to me why, for what, so that I have that for the next World Cup, because I want to be in that World Cup,” The strong defender of that World Cup team from 32 years ago stood out.

Balboa was asked about the reasons why the United States did not spectacularly announce its World Cup roster unlike other teams that published their rosters through colorful videos and the Americans through a press conference to explain the calls.

“Maybe because the list came out a week ago, someone let it out and that’s when everything changed on this day that was going to be special, because I didn’t know who was on the list. I thought I was looking at my list of 26, to choose the right one and those who were not going to be there and then the bad luck that someone let her leave and changed the entire panorama of a day that had to be special.”

Balboa said it would have been better if the players found out directly and not by email as ultimately happened and that changed the entire panorama of the North American national team announcement.

“The explanation is something important for a player too. But, as I said, look, each coach has to be how they feel, how they feel comfortable, and this time it was by email. It’s okay, as a player I would have liked it to be face to face,” he concluded.