A day after Mexico sealed their place in the knockout rounds, the USA emulated their fellow World Cup co-hosts with a clinical Group D win over Australia in Seattle.A Cameron Burgess own goal in the 11th minute and a headed effort from Alex Freeman two minutes before half-time sealed a comfortable win for Mauricio Pochettino's side, who have advanced to the second phase of the tournament with a game to spare.After an unconvincing build-up, the Americans have made a dream start to the tournament with Friday's victory following a stylish 4-1 demolition of Paraguay in their opening game last week.The co-hosts could even clinch first place in Group D later on Friday if Turkey lose or draw against Paraguay in the late match."It was a fantastic game again. We dominated against a very tough team," Pochettino said.Brazil need improvementIn other games on Friday Brazil will look to turn the page on a disappointing 1-1 draw with Morocco in their first game as they prepare to face winless Haiti.
Gabriel Magalhaes says Brazil 'know what we have to do' after their opening draw against Morocco © MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP
"We know what we have to do. We know that we didn't have a good first match, but what we can expect from us is that we'll be really committed tomorrow and we're going to do our best to win," defender Gabriel Magalhaes said."It wasn't the match we wanted (against Morocco), but this is in the past and we've learned from it."Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti said he would change the line-up -- and sought to put the team's sluggish start into context."Getting off to a good start is important in a World Cup, but the most important thing is that the team, rather than being perfect, has to be resilient," the Italian said.Scotland captain Andy Robertson meanwhile urged his team to build on their opening 1-0 win against Haiti and get a result against Morocco in Foxborough on Friday which would help propel them into the knockout rounds of a World Cup for the very first time."I don't think any of the lads or the coaching staff and backroom staff have shied away from it," Robertson said."We want to be the first team to be able to do that for our country. And it's obviously a nice feeling to try and do that."
