US Presser, security surrounding team, measures at training ground

(2 Jun 2006) SHOTLIST 1. US team arriving to training ground under police escort 2. Pan on policeman holding machine gun 3. Various of security surrounding football field 4. Wide of team's manager Bruce Arena walking on training field 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bruce Arena, US team manager: "We don't have any security concerns, we think we are being watched in a first class manner that allows us to focus on the task ahead and that is playing in the World Cup." 6. Cutaway press at training field 7. Pan on US football team exercising 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Claudio Reyna, team captain: "I hope to train in the next couple of days and see how it goes from there. I just landed I am just making sure it's lose and everything. Yeah I hope to be playing but it's hard to say." 9. Various shots of US football team practice 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bruce Arena, US team manager: "We never concern ourselves with expectations outside our group, we set the inside the group, obviously our stock has risen over the year however we are still an outsider looking in. So we want to continue to earn respect at the International level and that requires we have a successful World Cups." 11. US coach 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bruce Arena, US team manager: "Mostly tactical in the preparation of the first game. The focus is on the Czech Republic now and getting all players acquainted with their team, having a thorough understanding of what the proper tactics will be in the approach to play the Czech republic that will basically be it. We are over with the real difficult physical work at this point, we are going to back off that and really try to get them sharp soccer wise." 13. Wide of training session STORYLINE The U.S. football team on Friday arrived in Hamburg for its first training session in the World Cup host country amid heightened security. Although American players were greeted with a far less visible show of force than they saw in South Korea four years ago, the US team manager Bruce Arena was confident the Germans had done everything to ensure the team's safety. "We don't have any security concerns, we think we are being watched in a first class manner that allows us to focus on the task ahead and that is playing in the World Cup," Arena said. Team captain Claudio Reyna told a news conference that he was still unable to confirm he would play in the first game against the Czech Republic following a hamstring strain. Arena added he thought the US team was still an outsider looking into the World's most famous game and that in order to be part of the elite club the team to achieve solid results in Germany. Expectations are higher than four years ago, partly because of the Americans' quarterfinal finish in 2002 and their Number 5 world ranking. Tired after a tough training camp and three exhibition games in six days, the Americans had three days off this week before leaving. They have their World Cup opener against the second-ranked Czech Republic on June 12 in Gelsenkirchen. Keyword-world cup 2006 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...