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Belgium defeated the U.S. Men's National Team 4-1 connected Monday nighttime successful the World Cup Round of 16 knockout lucifer successful Seattle, ending the Americans' hopes of reaching the quarterfinals for the archetypal clip successful 24 years.
The U.S. kicked disconnected the lucifer with the aforesaid starting XI as against Bosnia and Herzegovina successful the Round of 32, but Belgium instantly enactment unit connected the Americans successful the archetypal fewer minutes of the archetypal half, and Belgian midfielder Charles De Ketelaere enactment 1 successful the backmost of the nett successful the ninth minute.
After a hydration break, the Americans gained their footing, and Malik Tillman was capable to adjacent the people aft the half-hour people with a escaped footwear that deflected disconnected the caput of a Belgian player.
The necktie lasted conscionable astir 2 minutes arsenic De Ketelaere sent a header into the apical corner.
In the 2nd half, Belgium came backmost with adjacent much unit connected the U.S. defense. When goalkeeper Matt Freese wandered a small excessively acold disconnected his station successful the 56th minute, Hans Vanaken gave Belgium different extremity advantage.
The USMNT continued to conflict to find shots connected target, and prima striker Christian Pulisic was substituted retired owed to injury.
U.S. pb scorer Folarin Balogun attempted to marque thing hap for the Americans successful the clip they had left, but the fewer shots adjacent the extremity were easy thwarted by the Belgian defence and seasoned goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Balogun was subbed retired successful the stoppage time, and Belgium enactment the nail successful the U.S.' coffin with a last-minute goal.
Belgium besides eliminated the Americans successful the 2014 circular of 16. The squad volition look Spain connected Friday astatine Inglewood, California, and the victor of that lucifer volition play successful the semifinal against either France oregon Morocco.
The U.S. past reached the quarterfinals successful 2002 and was eliminated by Germany.
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