As a team, the magic starts [when the US open the World Cup] on 11 June, and everything can be very different. The US will certainly hope Martinez, and his US counterpart, Mauricio Pochettino, are right.
When I set out there were no role models, no Spanish players, Martinez says. Only Nayim, from Ceuta. England was unknown. It's the Third Division. You've spent your whole life learning you have to look after the ball, then you get there and the first thing they say is: Second ball'.