The United States males’s soccer workforce has been eradicated from the World Cup after a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands.
It was a disappointing finish for a rebuilt U.S. workforce hoping to advance previous the spherical of 16 for the primary time since 2002. Using the second-youngest squad within the match, the Americans achieved the naked minimal to think about the World Cup a hit, beating Iran of their group-stage finale to succeed in the knockout spherical.
But identical to in 2010 in opposition to Ghana and 2014 in opposition to Belgium, the United States was eradicated within the spherical of 16.
The Americans are winless in 12 video games in opposition to European opponents on the World Cup since 2002, dropping six, and are 1-7 through the match’s knockout rounds.
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Captain Tyler Adams mentioned forward of Saturday’s match the U.S. workforce was going to have to present it their all. They went into the sport as underdogs — a task U.S. Soccer is used to, males’s nationwide workforce defender Walker Zimmerman informed CBS News on Friday.
“I think it’s kind of what has made our team so special, is the resiliency that we have, that competitive spirit that every team before us has had,” he mentioned.
Netherlands’ Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored within the first half and Denzel Dumfries added a late objective.
Second-half substitute Haji Wright lower the U.S. deficit to 2-1 within the 76th minute when Christian Pulisic’s cross hit his trailing foot and popped over goalkeeper Andries Noppert and into the online. But Dumfries, who assisted on the primary two objectives, scored on a volley within the 81st.
Pulisic, taking part in 4 days after getting damage throughout his game-winning objective in opposition to Iran, had an opportunity to place the United States forward within the third minute however Noppert, taking part in in solely his fourth worldwide match, blocked his point-blank shot. With the Americans searching for an equalizing objective, Noppert dived to cease Tim Weah’s 25-yard effort within the forty second.
The crowd of 44,846 was nicely again from the sector at renovated Khalifa International Stadium, which has an athletics monitor and was extra subdued than the raucous spectators for the match in opposition to Iran.