{"id":2622544,"date":"2026-07-02T00:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-beats-bosnia-herzegovina-2-0-to-advance-to-round-of-16-and-keep-its-world-cup-dreams-alive\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:23:42","slug":"u-s-beats-bosnia-herzegovina-2-0-to-advance-to-round-of-16-and-keep-its-world-cup-dreams-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-beats-bosnia-herzegovina-2-0-to-advance-to-round-of-16-and-keep-its-world-cup-dreams-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to round of 16 and keep its World Cup dreams alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-beats-bosnia-herzegovina-2-0-to-advance-to-round-of-16-and-keep-its-world-cup-dreams-alive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2622544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Folarin Balogun scored his third goal of the World Cup and was sent off with a red card in the second half, but Malik Tillman scored a free kick to secure a 2-0 victory for the United States over Bosnia-Herzegovina, advancing the Americans to the round of 16.Balogun dominated the first half with his goal but had to leave the game after a foul that resulted in his ejection. Despite being a man down, the U.S. maintained their led, and Tillman&#8217;s goal sealed the win. The match marked only the second World Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/race-for-next-uk-prime-minister-down-to-4-candidates\/\" title=\"Race For Next UK Prime Minister Down to 4 Candidates\">knockout round<\/a> win for the U.S., setting up a next game against Belgium. Coach Mauricio Pochettino highlighted team resilience and belief, while Balogun, leading with three goals, will miss the upcoming match due to suspension.The victory ended a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-roundup-max-scherzer-strong-as-mets-turn-back-braves\/\" title=\"MLB ...up: Max Scherzer strong as Mets turn back Braves\">10-game losing streak<\/a> against European teams and reinforced the U.S.&#8217;s strong performance in this tournament.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/balogun-goal-red-card-lebron-5555b7b57a5f11b003fbd0ad33f12510\">Folarin Balogun<\/a> scored his third goal of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup\">World Cup<\/a> before being sent off with a red card in the second half, and Malik Tillman converted on a free kick to give the 10-man United States a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday night that advanced the Americans to the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balogun dominated the first half with his 45th-minute goal, 14 minutes after he put the ball in the net but was called for offside. The Americans had to scramble down a man after his foul against Tarik Muharemovic in the 64th minute.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4632952\/union-station-ford-exhibit-america-250\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Road to America 250 starts with Ford: Exhibit at Union Station shows off iconic vehicles<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4632617\/world-cup-heat-wave-july-4-weekend\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>World Cup faces record-breaking heat wave over July Fourth weekend<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4632709\/two-people-climb-top-empire-state-building-flag\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Two people climb to top of Empire State Building with flag<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pulisic-hometown-hershey-pennsylvania-world-cup-934c4aa9df9c7a8885eaf5b3ac12e2d6\">Star Christian Pulisic<\/a> had a goal disallowed for offside in the 78th minute, and Tillman helped seal the win when he curled in a free kick from from just outside the box in the 82nd, a shot off diving goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj\u2019s right hand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had to dig deep for that one,\u201d Pulisic said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t go exactly to plan with the red card, but that just shows what a good team we are. We said in the hydration break, you know, this is what it takes to be a really strong team. And, we were able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Americans gained just their second World Cup knockout round win. They made it to the semifinals in the first tournament in 1930 by winning their group and won a round of 16 matchup against Mexico in 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The win over Bosnia in the round of 32 in this year\u2019s expanded tournament sets up a matchup on Monday in Seattle <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/belgium-senegal-world-cup-score-461f08dc7297b99741a449cdcbd89ac6\">against Belgium<\/a> as the U.S. hopes to make a deep run on home soil. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-f3d900d8476941689e5b7a665280c8d6\">The Red Devils beat the U.S. 2-1<\/a> in extra time at the 2014 round of 16.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019s about to keep dreaming,\u201d said U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino, who belted out \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads\u201d as it played over the public-address system after 10 minutes of stoppage time. \u201cIn football all is possible if you believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balogun leads the U.S. with three goals, but will miss the Belgium match because of an automatic suspension for the red card, assessed by Brazilian referee Raphael Claus after a video review. Balogun stepped on an ankle of Tarik Muharemovic, apparently not intentionally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor me? Never a red card,\u201d said Mauricio Pochettino, the first U.S. coach with three World Cup wins.<\/p>\n<p>Balogun matched Landon Donovan in 2010 for the second-most goals by an American in a World Cup, behind only Bert Patenaude\u2019s four in the initial tournament in 1930.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf course he\u2019s a great player,\u201d Tillman said. \u201cWe have great players who can replace him, and give the best they can, and hopefully score some nice goals as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillman changed his right boot just before scoring the first U.S. World Cup goal on a free kick since Eric Wynalda in the 1994 opener against Switzerland. Tillman had a bloody sock around his big toe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou never know when it\u2019s going to happen. Today, it happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game was played less than 20 miles from the site of the first U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >knockout round game<\/a> of the modern era when the Americans lost 1-0 to heavily favored Brazil at Stanford Stadium in 1994.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. was favored this time around for the first time on record in a knockout round match and didn\u2019t let down the large contingent of red-white-and-blue clad fans at Levi\u2019s Stadium who were chanting \u201cU-S-A! U-S-A!\u201d in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The win snapped a 10-game losing streak for the U.S. against European teams dating to a tie against England in the 2022 World Cup. The Americans had lost seven games and tied six against European nations since beating Portugal in their 2002 opener.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. had started fast in the group stage matches by scoring in the first 15 minutes of all three games. But it was Bosnia that had the better chances early with Matt Freese needing to make two saves early to stop Ermedin Demirovic following a deceptive goal kick that caught the U.S. defense napping and then again on the ensuing corner kick that Kerim Alajbegovic almost scored on directly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balogun took over from there, having one apparent goal called off for offside, being knocked down in the box on two other opportunities and then finally delivering in the 45th minute. Tim Ream intercepted a Bosnia goal kick at midfield and then Tillman found Balogun in the box. He slid the left-footed shot past Vasilj.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balogun punctuated the goal with his version of the LeBron James Silencer celebration, drawing a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KingJames\/status\/2072483243786481929\">positive reaction from King James himself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe considered a goal through our mistakes,\u201d Bosnia coach Sergej Barbarez said through a translator. \u201cUnfortunately things like that happen but at this level they are immediately punished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balogun nearly scored again in first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-chelsea-firmly-back-on-track-after-sweeping-past-milan-3-0\/\" title=\"Soccer-Chelsea firmly back on track after sweeping past Milan 3-0\">-half stoppage time<\/a> but his shot from in close deflected off the cross bar and out of play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bosnia\u2019s second World Cup trip was a success with a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-bosnia-herzegovina-canada-score-c58d5a51d827dd0456fe56e65eca1518\">draw against Canada<\/a> in the opener and a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-bosnia-qatar-score-f0bacd0a0ee13065c5b7873e36be3900\">win over Qatar<\/a> that helped the team advance to the knockout round for the first time.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/author\/josh-dubow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balogun scores 3rd goal before red card; US beats Bosnia 2-0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2622545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26183070786988-e1782965396188.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7478,82081,47370],"class_list":["post-2622544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-soccer","tag-u-s-mens-national-team","tag-world-cup"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26183070786988-e1782965396188.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622544"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622548,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622544\/revisions\/2622548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}