Leeds United star Tyler Adams has revealed that he and Brenden Aaronson are always competitive.
The two Americans have become mainstays for Leeds boss Jesse Marsch this season.
While Adams is glad to see American players getting more respect in Europe, he admits that it has not always been easy.
Yeah absolutely," he told Soccer AM about himself and Aaronson.
"It doesn't just have to be on the football pitch, whether we're on the golf course or wherever we are we don't take a day off from being competitive.
I think that's the culture of America as well, we're just competitive people. Football is obviously growing in our country and we're competitive because we want to push the sport forward. People have never really respected American footballers, but I think we're now trending in that direction which is important.
"I think the World Cup was probably a good platform for us to put ourselves on the map, I think people could finally watch that and say: 'America always had that grit and that personality, but they never had the technical footballers that can hang with some of the top teams in the world or top countries in the world.'"
I hope after the World Cup they can see that we're moving in that direction."