SANTA CLARA, California: A ten-man United States roared into the subsequent spherical of the World Cup on Wednesday (Jul 1) with a 2-0 victory over Bosnia, ending a 24-year look ahead to a knockout-stage win to maintain alive hopes of a dream American run within the international showpiece.
In a dramatic high-tempo sport within the San Francisco Bay Space, Folarin Balogun scored close to halftime, then was despatched off after the break, with Malik Tillman doubling the lead eight minutes from time with a luxurious free kick.
It was a bodily encounter the place luck was not all the time on the facet of the hosts, with Balogun and Christian Pulisic having objectives dominated out and Balogun dismissed for a critical foul on Tarik Muharemovic that appeared to have been unintended.
The Individuals burst into the sport with a barrage of assaults on the Bosnian space, spurred on by the reverberating roars of U-S-A by a partisan crowd that got here with excessive expectations.
The US delivered, with pace and depth, with Pulisic again within the group and decided to make his mark, Balogun a continuing menace and Weston McKennie and Tillman exhibiting good kind.
Victory introduced an finish to a US run of 10 consecutive defeats by European opposition, and arrange a last-16 tie in Seattle with Belgium, who rallied from two objectives all the way down to beat Senegal 3-2 after further time.
