The United States men’s national soccer team has not won a World Cup knockout match in 24 years. That changes on July 1, or it doesn’t, and the host nation’s tournament ends with the kind of heartbreak that American soccer fans have come to know intimately.
The USMNT faces Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with an 8 p.m. ET kickoff.
A drought that predates the iPhone
The last time the US won a World Cup elimination game, it was 2002. The opponent was Mexico. The score was 2-0.
Since that victory in South Korea, the US has lost three consecutive World Cup knockout matches. Three tournaments, three exits at the first elimination hurdle.
