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Ante Razov, Landon Donovan and Carlos Llamosa offer their views on the USA being drawn into Group D with Portugal, South Korea and Poland.
ANTE RAZOV, forward
On his initial thoughts on the draw:
"I think overall, it's a good draw for us. I think it certainly could have been worse. It's positive for us. It's certainly not going to be easy, but now that [the opponents] are put in front of us, we know the job at hand. It'll be tough, with Korea being the host, Portugal having [Luis] Figo and [Rui] Costa, and Poland having qualified in Europe means they must have a pretty good team. It's not going to be easy, but we're upbeat about it. I think overall it's a positive draw."
LANDON DONOVAN, forward
On his initial thoughts on the draw:
"I actually got up pretty early. I was kinda excited about it. [The draw] was good. I think it's definitely a tough group, but it could be worse. I think we're happy with it."
On playing co-host South Korea:
"Generally, they have a very good work ethic. Obviously they have some very good players, and they'll have their home crowd, so it could be our toughest match."
CARLOS LLAMOSA, U.S. defender
On his initial thoughts on the draw:
"I think it's a good draw. We have to face the home team with South Korea, and two of the top teams in Europe with Poland and Portugal, who both finished first in their [qualifying] group, but I think it will be a good World Cup for us."
On whether he would rather face Portugal first or third in the opening round:
"I think it's better that we play Portugal first. If we beat Portugal and then get a tie or win against South Korea, we're in the second round."
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