After days of public bickering ahead of their crucial World Cup matchup in Lyon, France, the United States women's soccer team and England coach Phil Neville have finally agreed upon something: The Americans are ruthless. Neville, the former Manchester United star, saw that ruthlessness as the U.S. closed out its quarterfinal win over the World Cup hosts, France. 'America has got that ruthless streak of wanting to win,' Neville told reporters Monday ahead of Tuesday's all-important semifinal. 'You saw the last five minutes of the (quarterfinal) game against France. The game management was fantastic.' Neville had recently accused the U.S. team of showing poor etiquette by sending two staff members to scout the hotel in Lyon where the English players are staying. The Americans and England-born U.S. coach Jill Ellis disagreed, insisting they were doing their due diligence by scouting the facility in the event that they beat England on Tuesday. But amid that tension, and the public uproar over an American team that's been described as arrogant and unsportsmanlike, Neville's suggestion that the U.S. women are 'ruthless' was actually taken as a compliment. U.S. forward Christen Press sees that ruthlessness in the Americans' ability to win with any style of play. 'I would characterize it as optimism that we're going to win,' told reporters. 'But there is a ruthlessness to this team. And that's win at all costs. That means tactically adapt in a way that we never have in four years. And you have to do that to win. ... It's incredible that we could change and still be so solid.' The teams have met just once before in the World Cup, a 3-0 U.S. win in the 2007 quarterfinals. But earlier this year the teams played to a 2-all tie in the SheBelieves Cup. Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7204579/U-S-womens-soccer-star-Christen-Press-EMBRACES-England-coach-Phil-Nevilles-ruthless-label.html Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1957518/Video-Christian-Press-speaks-ahead-WWC-semi-final-against-England.html Daily Mail Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailymail Daily Mail IG: http://instagram.com/dailymail Daily Mail Snap: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Daily-Mail/8392137033 Daily Mail Twitter: http://twitter.com/MailOnline Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile