SANTA CLARA, Ca. — This is the kind of gritty win that’s going to make the country go ga-ga for the U.S. men’s national team.
For those who haven’t already.
Playing with 10 men for the last 36 minutes because of a red card by Folarin Balogun, against a feisty Bosnia and Herzegovina team and with a ref who was overmatched, the USMNT played with the kind of moxy Americans love. Especially when it’s by athletes wearing U-S-A on their chest.
With a 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, July 1, the USMNT won its first World Cup knockout round game since 2002, and only third ever. They moved on to the round of 16, where they will play Belgium on Monday, July 6 in Seattle.