The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players.

The national team comes before everything.

It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.

I told all the players I had last summer on the national team to look at their uniforms, they said 'USA' across the front. That's always something special. But it's going to be even more special now since chances are being taken away from us. I'm not going to give up hope that somebody is going to come to their senses on this.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.