USA beat Bosnia 2-0 despite Balogun red card, enter World Cup last 16
Key takeaways
- Balogun scored USA’s first goal and was sent off for a foul, but the home team scored another to advance to next round.
- In a dramatic high-tempo game in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday, Folarin Balogun scored near halftime but was sent off after the break.
- The Americans burst into the game with a barrage of attacks on the Bosnian area, spurred on by the reverberating roars of “U-S-A” by a partisan crowd that came with high expectations.
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Balogun scored USA’s first goal and was sent off for a foul, but the home team scored another to advance to next round.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Weston Mc Kennie and Sebastian Berhalter celebrate winning the World Cup round of 32 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina [Eakin Howard/AP]By Reuters Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026A 10-man United States team (USA) roared into the next round of the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, ending a 24-year wait for a knockout-stage win to keep alive hopes of a dream American run in the global showpiece.
In a dramatic high-tempo game in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday, Folarin Balogun scored near halftime but was sent off after the break. Malik Tillman then doubled the lead eight minutes from time with a sumptuous free kick.