FIFA World Cup Round of 32 LIVE: USA vs Bosnia-Herzegovina knockout clash under way

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. United States' Antonee Robinson (5) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between the United States and Bosnia in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco. | Photo Credit: AP FIFA World Cup 2026 co-hosts USA are in for the biggest match in their football history so far as they face Bosnia-Herzegovina for the round-of-32 clash in Santa Clara, California, early Thursday (July 2, 2026). Winner will next meet Belgium in the last 16 stage. For all their improvement, USA still have just one knockout win in World Cup history. Christian Pulisic will start for the team as he comes off the bench in the 3-2 defeat by Turkey in the co-hosts’ last group match after suffering calf trouble earlier. Coach Mauricio Pochettino has reverted to the exact 11 fielded in the 4-1 defeat of Paraguay in their opening group match. Bosnia coach Sergej Barbarez made three changes, with U.S.-born winger Esmir Bajraktarevic benched. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Offside, USA. Folarin Balogun is caught offside. Stjepan Radeljic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, USA. Conceded by Tarik Muharemovic. Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Christian Pulisic (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Vasilj (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Attempt missed. Folarin Balogun (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Antonee Robinson following a set piece situation. Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Sergiño Dest (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing. Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Alex Freeman. Attempt saved. Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Matt Freese (USA). Assisted by Edin Dzeko. Malik Tillman (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Chris Richards (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Delay in match because of an injury Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Corner, USA. Conceded by Tarik Muharemovic. Corner, USA. Conceded by Stjepan Radeljic. Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (USA) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tim Ream. Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Chris Richards. Lineups are announced and players are warming up. USA team: Matt Freese; Sergino Dest, Chris Richards, Antonee Robinson, Tim Ream, Alex Freeman, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Malik Tillman, Christian Pulisic, Folarin Balogun. Bosnia team: Nikola Vasilj, Tarik Muharemovic, Sead Kolasinac, Amar Dedic, Nikola Katic, Stjepan Radeljic, Armin Gigovic, Ivan Sunjic, Ermedin Demirovic, Edin Dzeko, Kerim Alajbegovic Football / FIFA World Cup 2026 / Live news / USA / sport Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

FIFA World Cup Round of 32 LIVE: USA vs Bosnia-Herzegovina knockout clash under way

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