USA v Bosnia & Herzegovina · OurXI

★ The storyline

USA march on

USA are through. They saw off Bosnia & Herzegovina 2–0 in the round of 32, and a family that's followed them all summer dares to look a little further up the bracket. On to the next one.

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USA keep it tidy and take it

USA 2, Bosnia & Herzegovina 0. A clean sheet and a comfortable win in the round of 32 — no fuss, no scare, exactly the sort of statement that puts a marker down for the rest of the field.

Why it matters

Ours are out — USA in the round of 32. Win or go home.

Who to watch

★ Ours · Talisman

Christian Pulisic

USA

The star the whole American project orbits around — if the USA are to make noise, it runs through him.

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Edin Dzeko

Bosnia & Herzegovina

The seasoned focal point up top whose presence still shapes everything Bosnia do going forward.

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Bosnia & Herzegovina are through to the last 32

Bosnia & Herzegovina have squeezed through as one of the best third-placed sides. Not the comfortable route — but a place in the last 32 is a place in the last 32, and the knockouts don't care how you got there.

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USA are through to the last 32

USA are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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USA bow out

And there it ends. USA fall to Belgium 4–1 in the last 16, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.

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USA bow out

And there it ends. USA fall to Belgium, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.