PALM BEACH GARDENS (CBS12 News) \u2014 The FIFA World Cup is less than a week away, and national teams from around the globe are making final preparations before the tournament begins.<\/p>\n
Several teams have chosen training sites across the United States, including South Florida, where England has been holding camp in Palm Beach Gardens. The squad is using the time to build chemistry, fine-tune its play, and acclimate to the heat and humidity that could play a major role throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n
For many of England\u2019s players, the South Florida climate is a significant adjustment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of players who aren\u2019t used to it,\u201d defender Ezri Konsa said. \u201cWe\u2019re here now for the next two weeks, so we\u2019ve got to get used to it very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Head coach Thomas Tuchel acknowledged the challenges posed by the weather but made it clear that England is embracing those conditions rather than using them as an excuse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want it to be an excuse,\u201d Tuchel said. \u201cIt will be tough. It will hopefully be a long World Cup. There will be a lot of traveling and a lot of adversity from the heat and humidity.\u201d<\/p>\n
England has already experienced some of the unpredictable weather common to South Florida, including a training delay caused by lightning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a delay in training already for almost one hour because of lightning,\u201d Tuchel said. \u201cThat\u2019s also the task for us. We want to create an atmosphere where we stay calm, stay patient, and adapt to the circumstances. That\u2019s what it takes to go through a tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before beginning World Cup play, England will face New Zealand in a friendly match on Saturday. The team will then travel to Kansas City as it continues its preparations for one of the world\u2019s biggest sporting events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM BEACH GARDENS (CBS12 News) \u2014 The FIFA World Cup is less than a week away, and national…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-301465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}