CARY, N.C. -- U.S. men's national team interim manager Dave Sarachan says he's focused on moving his youthful side forward -- and not on his own future.

Sarachan recently extended his short-term contract to carry through to the friendlies the U.S. has scheduled in late May and early June. The U.S. will face Bolivia in Chester, Pennsylvania, on May 28. That will be followed by a June 2 match against Ireland in Dublin, and then another game against France a week later.

Sarachan will then be out of a job. But for the moment, his focus is on Tuesday's friendly against Paraguay.

"I'm on the job to keep this program moving forward, and my focus is enjoying this group, training this group, preparing this group for the game that's coming up on Tuesday," he said at his pregame news conference. "When that's over, we'll regroup and get ourselves sorted for the next set of friendlies. I don't have a crystal ball [into] my future -- occupation or life -- so I take it one day at a time."

Sarachan will be leading a youthful U.S. side into the match. His roster has eight uncapped players, and 10 others with five caps or fewer. But it's also a team that has experience playing together. Twelve of the players featured for the U.S. U-20 national team.

"Obviously with youth comes enthusiasm and energy, but I think the soccer has impressed me so far in the training," he said. "Now when curtain goes up, and lights show tomorrow night, we'll see what it looks like when it really counts.

"But I think the confidence of young group and playing without a lot of fear, have been the two things that have stood out to me."

The accent on youth has been consistent under Sarachan, who in the wake of the U.S. team's failure to qualify for the World Cup is now set to oversee his third match in charge. For the former Chicago Fire manager, this is all part of the process, though he added a veteran presence remains important.

"The natural progression is guys get older and young guys come through," he said. "If the balance is right, I think you can find a pretty successful group. I think having older veteran heads and voices is extremely important, but yet you need some of the young guns to now begin to get their feet wet and sort of take the mantle."

Sarachan disclosed that midfielder Weston McKennie came into camp carrying a bit of an injury, so he's taking a wait-and-see approach in terms of the Schalke midfielder getting on the field. That could result in the New York Red Bulls' Tyler Adams sliding into the middle.

"One of the good things about Tyler is he is versatile and he can play in a few different roles," Sarachan said. "We've looked at him in a wide role and a central role to be honest. I think he has that versatility. Right now, he's been more on the interior than the exterior with this particular group."