Chelsea striker Fernando Torres: I would like to be part of the improvement of US soccer in the future

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Chelsea and Spain international striker Fernando Torres enjoyed playing and scoring for his country in front of 64,000 fans at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough as the world champions thrashed the United States 4-0 in a friendly, and later admitted that his future career could include playing in Major League Soccer.

“You never know. It’s a long time for that, I am only 27 so in five more years, who knows? I would like it, the chance,” Torres told Goal.com.

“I like the country and I would like to be a part of the improvement of the soccer.”

The 27-year-old initially hesitated to answer the question but then responded when he was asked if he’d like to emulate former Arsenal and Barcelona hit-man Thierry Henry.

After scoring Spain’s final goal in the match against the USA, Torres was in jubilant mood and savoured being able to get some revenge for his country’s 2-0 2009 defeat by the Stars and Stripes.

“For us, it’s a pleasure to come here to Boston and Providence and have a chance to play against USA,” said a smiling Torres, clearly delighted by Spain’s win.

“First of all, because they beat us two years ago, so for us it was an important game. We wanted to show that we could win against them.”

While revenge might have been on his mind, Torres was happy with the support Spain received during the match and believes that football is improving in America.

More than half of the fans in attendance were rooting for the world champions and the former Liverpool and Atletico Madrid striker said that the Spanish team felt like they were playing in their home country. That might be a factor in favour of MLS when Torres is considering joining the league in the future.

“We know that soccer is getting much better over the past few years in the US,” he said. “So it was a nice chance to come and see the pitches and the fans. Seeing how excited they were to see Spain against our opponents. We felt at home today.”