Wales' Rob Page: World Cup matches versus USMNT, Iran are 'winnable games'

The United States Men's National Team learned back on the opening day of April they had been placed in Group B for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar along with England, Iran, and the winners of a playoff that became Wales after they notched a 1-0 win over Ukraine on Sunday. 

As noted by the U.S. Soccer website, Team USA and Wales played to a scoreless draw in a friendly held in Nov. 2020. Those sides will meet again on Nov. 21 on world football's biggest stage, and Welsh interim manager Rob Page has already created some bulletin-board material for the Americans months ahead of that fixture. 

"We have played against the USA. We know they are a really strong outfit. We played against their European-based players, in my first game," Page explained in comments he offered to BBC Wales, per Reuters (h/t ESPN). 

Page added: 

"They [and Iran] are winnable games and when you play against a home nations team, anything can happen. We will go out there with the confidence we have had going into any game. We will go toe to toe with anybody — bring it on. That's the attitude we have got in that changing room." 

Wales are currently 18th in the FIFA rankings, three spots back of Team USA.

As for the U.S., they were held to a 0-0 draw with Uruguay on Sunday. The Americans next face Grenada in a CONCACAF Nations League match on Friday.