“DIG IN DEEP”
Victory brought an end to a US run of 10 consecutive defeats by European opposition, and set up a last-16 tie in Seattle with Belgium, who had earlier rallied from two goals down to beat Senegal 3-2 after extra time.
“I felt we put on such a good performance and didn’t deserve the red card,” said Pulisic. “But for us to dig in deep like that and just to get another goal and to defend the way we did, it took a real team effort, but we’re proud of that.”
In a match that got underway with a flyover by fighter jets, the Americans started with attacking verve and silky one-touch moves, spurred on by the reverberating roars of U-S-A by a crowd in the Golden State that came with high expectations.
The US delivered, showing speed, intensity and determination, with Balogun threatening and Pulisic back in the team, intoxicating the crowd with a few blazing runs for goal.
Tillman said his free kick had been well practised.
“You never know when it’s going to happen, but luckily today it happened. I was ready for it. I felt confident,” he said.
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