USMNT finally shed World Cup baggage — its time…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Damned if they don’t keep checking off containers and breaking down doorways.
The door the U.S. males’s national crew busted down Wednesday evening in a nervy 2-0 Round of 32 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the World Cup was the heaviest door it’s encountered in years — possibly the heaviest ever.
Despite the cool exterior the U.S. gamers exuded in the times before kickoff — “Would or not it’s bizarre if I told you I don’t actually really feel an excessive amount of stress proper now?’’ veteran defender Tim Ream had said — there was stress coming into the evening for the USMNT.
The U.S., traditionally the plucky underdog in these knockout matches (see: the Netherlands in ’22, Belgium in ’14, Brazil in ’94), was the determined betting favourite to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina and win a knockout spherical match for the first time since 2022.
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