{"id":4446,"date":"2026-06-20T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:04:37","slug":"with-depth-and-some-rage-baiting-u-s-advances-to-world-cup-knockout-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=4446","title":{"rendered":"With depth and some \u2018rage baiting,\u2019 U.S. advances to World Cup knockout round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Americans roll to a 2-0 victory over Australia without Pulisic, punching their ticket with a game to spare in the group stage.<\/strong><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=4441\">Afghanistan wins the toss and bats against India in the final one day cricket match<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4443\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fd83f84d31e4acceef4fb30a6c7ecefc-1024x690.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fd83f84d31e4acceef4fb30a6c7ecefc-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fd83f84d31e4acceef4fb30a6c7ecefc-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fd83f84d31e4acceef4fb30a6c7ecefc-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fd83f84d31e4acceef4fb30a6c7ecefc-1536x1035.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fd83f84d31e4acceef4fb30a6c7ecefc-2048x1380.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Folarin Balogun created another early goal against Australia. (Steven Bisig\/Imagn Images\/Reuters Connect)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>SEATTLE \u2014 Mauricio Pochettino, the coach of the U.S. men\u2019s soccer team, has preached the value of the collective since taking over the program 19 months ago. The often jovial Argentine even lost his temper after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2025\/11\/19\/usmnt-world-cup-roster-projection-uruguay\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2025\/11\/19\/usmnt-world-cup-roster-projection-uruguay\/\">emphatic victory last fall<\/a> because journalists implied he had first- and second-choice players. Asked about individual performances following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/13\/us-wins-4-1-opener-world-cup-returns-american-soil\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/13\/us-wins-4-1-opener-world-cup-returns-american-soil\/\">4-1 win over Paraguay<\/a> to open the World Cup, Pochettino repeatedly demurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only to talk about some names,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about to talk the collective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That mantra was put to the stiffest of tests Friday afternoon, when the U.S. met Australia in the World Cup group stage without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/13\/how-christian-pulisic-fueled-us-world-cup-win-over-paraguay\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/13\/how-christian-pulisic-fueled-us-world-cup-win-over-paraguay\/\">generational star Christian Pulisic<\/a>, who is nursing a left calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the Americans didn\u2019t skip a beat. Rolling to a 2-0 victory against the outclassed Australians, the U.S. punched its ticket to the knockout round with a game to spare. And it didn\u2019t just win on the scoresheet, where an early own goal and Alex Freeman\u2019s scrappy header proved decisive. The U.S. never looked threatened for the second straight match while dictating possession, generating chances and playing with palpable flair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we missed [Pulisic] out there today,\u201d defender Chris Richards said. \u201cBut I know that it shows everybody \u2014 not just everybody inside the group but also everybody looking from the outside \u2014 that we can do it without one of our big players.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4444\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131e22c4cfa231024135c8352f37d4b5-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131e22c4cfa231024135c8352f37d4b5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131e22c4cfa231024135c8352f37d4b5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131e22c4cfa231024135c8352f37d4b5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131e22c4cfa231024135c8352f37d4b5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131e22c4cfa231024135c8352f37d4b5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s \u201ccollective\u201d of young talent has moved on to the the knockout stage. (Alex Grimm\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The U.S. surely will need Pulisic against more imposing knockout round foes. But Pochettino bet that he had the depth and team-wide cohesion to swat aside the Australians without his AC Milan attacker \u2014 a once-unthinkable proposition for a team that has heaped its hopes on Pulisic ever since he debuted a decade ago at age 17.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino can now afford to ease Pulisic back \u2014 or rest him again \u2014 when the U.S. concludes the group stage against Turkey on Thursday in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n<p>As elegant as the Americans looked on the ball, the first-half goals were befitting a bruising encounter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/19\/how-us-mens-soccer-team-finally-found-its-missing-piece\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/19\/how-us-mens-soccer-team-finally-found-its-missing-piece\/\">Folarin Balogun<\/a> followed up his two-goal outing against Paraguay by creating the 11th-minute opener, when he latched onto Antonee Robinson\u2019s ball down the left flank, zipped past a defender and steered a pass into the goalmouth. Caught in no-man\u2019s-land, Australia\u2019s Cameron Burgess could only roof the ball into his own net. For the second straight match, the U.S. took the lead on an own goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I can force an error that gives us the lead, then for me it\u2019s like a goal as well,\u201d Balogun said. \u201cSo it was a special start to the game to give us the momentum, and then I think we carried it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freeman\u2019s tally was even more of an oddity. Sergi\u00f1o Dest\u2019s stinging shot off a corner kick took a deflection skyward before Freeman muscled goalkeeper Patrick Beach from the ball and nodded it home from point-blank range. An offside call curtailed Freeman\u2019s celebration. But while two U.S. teammates were offside, replays showed Freeman wasn\u2019t. After a lengthy delay, German referee Felix Zwayer awarded the goal, prompting the U.S. bench to empty and swarm Freeman in belated ecstasy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it was a goal, I looked back and I saw my teammates running at me,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh lord, I have to run.\u2019\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=4440\">With World Cup in Guadalajara, families of Mexico\u2019s disappeared turn loved ones into soccer stickers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It ultimately made for a comfortable win after a week full of Pulisic-centric consternation. After delivering an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/13\/how-christian-pulisic-fueled-us-world-cup-win-over-paraguay\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2026\/06\/13\/how-christian-pulisic-fueled-us-world-cup-win-over-paraguay\/\">electrifying first-half performance<\/a> in the Americans\u2019 opening win in Inglewood, Pulisic exited at intermission but downplayed the withdrawal as precautionary. The mood remained bullish as Pulisic began the week training on the side at the Americans\u2019 Southern California base camp. \u201cHe\u2019ll be ready everyone,\u201d midfielder Tyler Adams said Tuesday. \u201cLet\u2019s relax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Pulisic remained on his own during practice Thursday morning at the University of Washington. Addressing the press that afternoon, Pochettino said he\u2019d wait to make a call on Pulisic\u2019s status until the evening. When the U.S. released its game-day squad Friday morning, Pulisic wasn\u2019t on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all knew what was going on, and that\u2019s that,\u201d captain Tim Ream said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a surprise. Nobody was in shock and awe. Everybody knew their roles and knew their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4445\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/813d8f5c24761029e1d14111f24f5f79-1024x720.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/813d8f5c24761029e1d14111f24f5f79-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/813d8f5c24761029e1d14111f24f5f79-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/813d8f5c24761029e1d14111f24f5f79-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/813d8f5c24761029e1d14111f24f5f79-1536x1080.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/813d8f5c24761029e1d14111f24f5f79-2048x1440.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Christian Pulisic, center, talks to Weston McKennie during the match. (Jamie Squire\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Starting in the playmaker\u2019s place: Ricardo Pepi, a 6-foot-1 striker. It was a shrewd tactical tweak from Pochettino, who braced for physicality after the U.S. notched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2025\/10\/15\/usmnt-australia-haji-wright-cristian-roldan\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2025\/10\/15\/usmnt-australia-haji-wright-cristian-roldan\/\">chippy 2-1 win<\/a> over Australia in October in Colorado. That World Cup tuneup was billed as a friendly, though Pochettino objected to the term Thursday. \u201cA street game,\u201d he said. \u201cBut not friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t wrong: A pair of awkward tackles forced Pulisic to the bench in that match, and more rough play from the Australians prompted an ugly scuffle.<\/p>\n<p>The Socceroos remained true to form Friday. Adams absorbed a pair of heavy challenges before Zwayer took out his yellow card in the 16th minute, when Australia\u2019s Jordan Bos felled Weston McKennie with a hand to the face. Alessandro Circati was also booked for a sloppy foul on Malik Tillman. A clash of heads left Freeman and Paul Okon-Engstler on the turf<b> <\/b>for a few minutes. The jabs and shoves and tussles continued as both teams picked up multiple yellow cards during a messy second half.<\/p>\n<p>Through it all, the Americans got feisty but ultimately kept their cool on a sunny afternoon off Elliott Bay before a sellout crowd of 66,925.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody ever heard of rage baiting?\u201d Ream said. \u201cWe have a lot of guys who are very good at rage baiting, and we\u2019ve learned over the course of the last 20 months with Mauricio and his staff about how to touch the line without crossing the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the U.S. finds itself in an unfamiliar position. As far as the men\u2019s World Cup is concerned, the Americans have only ever crashed out or advanced by the skin of their teeth. Coasting to the knockout round with a game to play? Never happened until Friday. And the idea of doing so without its most influential player seemed particularly implausible.<\/p>\n<p>But if the U.S. wants to win a knockout game for the first time since 2002 \u2014 or win multiple knockout matches for the first time, period \u2014 the moment for unprecedented has arrived. So are the Americans ready to do something historic?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really look at it as that,\u201d Richards said. \u201cI can say special \u2014 and if we make history on the way, that would also be amazing.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=4437\">Paraguay\u2019s Miguel Almiron becomes 1st player red-carded at the World Cup for covering his mouth<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans roll to a 2-0 victory over Australia without Pulisic, punching their ticket with a game to spare in the group stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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