WASHINGTON -- Tyler Adams has set a bold goal for the United States men's national team, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the inaugural tournament in 1930.

"Everyone's going to want us to say winning it is obviously the goal," the American midfielder said Friday after the World Cup draw, "but I think setting the benchmark of the furthest the U.S. team has gone is also realistic."

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The 14th-ranked U.S. will start Group D against No. 39 Paraguay on June 12 in Inglewood, California, and then play 26th-ranked Australia six days later in Seattle. The Americans conclude the group stag

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