SEATTLE — The United States’ hopes for a heavy World Cup tally astatine location ended erstwhile Charles De Ketelaere scored doubly and assisted connected different goal, helping Belgium exposure the Americans’ antiaircraft liabilities successful a 4-1 triumph Monday nighttime that earned a quarterfinal berth.
While the U.S. was boosted by the beingness of prima guardant Folarin Balogun, whose one-game red-card suspension was controversially lifted by FIFA, American defenders were astatine responsibility successful a brace of first-half goals and a gaffe by goalkeeper Matt Freese gave the Red Devils a 3rd aboriginal successful the 2nd half.
Second-half substitute Romelu Lukaku added Belgium’s last extremity successful the 3rd infinitesimal of stoppage time. The Red Devils precocious to conscionable Spain astatine Inglewood, California, connected Friday.
Malik Tillman tied the people 1-1 midway done the archetypal fractional with his 2nd escaped footwear extremity of the tournament, but the Americans conceded conscionable 61 seconds aft the ensuing kickoff. U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino showed his vexation by kicking a rack successful beforehand of the bench, sending 4 h2o bottles flying.
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