Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville heap praise on Leeds United's Tyler Adams and rest of United States midfield after draw with England in Qatar

The US have two points from their opening two World Cup fixtures in Qatar but victory over Iran on Tuesday will secure their passage into the last 16 – regardless of what happens between England and Wales in the other Group B contest.

Neville feels that the USA will be happy with the point and praised the effectiveness of the midfield trio for the Americans, which included Adams who delivered another impressive display as captain of his country.

The ex-Manchester United defender felt the United States midfielders looked “sharper” than their England counterparts and believed the Three Lions’ midfield struggled come the end of the game.

“They will be pretty pleased – they will be delighted with a draw,” said Neville on ITV.

"If you said to the US that at the start of this group that if they won their final game they’d go through then I think they’d be absolutely snap your hand off.

"I thought they were really bright – their three midfield players. I like midfield players that play the ball to each other, I thought our midfielders took the easy ball out to the full-back.

"Their midfielders combined and got it through to [Christian] Pulisic. I just thought they were better, they were sharper. The worry for me was that the USA would tire after what we saw against Wales but we looked leggy.

"I thought Declan [Rice], who is unbelievable – dynamic and athletic – I just thought he looked sluggish. He was a little bit off.”

Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher also reserved praise for Adams, as he tweeted: “A draw was a fair result, the energy of Adams and [Weston] Mckennie was excellent and Pulisic showed his class at times.”