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Ogden names Senegal, not Netherlands, the champion successful Group A (1:01)
Mark Ogden explains wherefore helium deliberation Senegal are the stronger of the 2 sides to beforehand from Group A astatine the World Cup. (1:01)
The United States men's nationalist team precocious to the knockout signifier of the 2022 World Cup, beating Iran 1-0 astatine Al Thumama Stadium connected Tuesday to decorativeness 2nd successful Group B and publication a last-16 matchup against the Netherlands.
Christian Pulisic turned successful Sergino Dest's headed transverse successful the 38th infinitesimal to get the important breakthrough, putting his assemblage connected the enactment and suffering an abdominal wounded aft subsequently clashing with Iran's goalkeeper.
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The wounded led Pulisic to beryllium replaced astatine half-time by Brenden Aaronson, but for the US it was surely a terms worthy paying arsenic Gregg Berhalter's broadside hung connected to its pb successful the 2nd fractional to beforehand astatine the disbursal of Iran.
England, which bushed Wales 3-0 successful the different final-round radical game, apical the radical connected 7 points, up of the US connected five. Iran, which would person precocious with a tie, decorativeness 3rd up of bottom-placed Wales.
The US volition present instrumentality connected Group A winners Netherlands connected Saturday arsenic it looks to scope the quarterfinals for the archetypal clip since 2002.
While a spot successful the knockout rounds was astatine stake, the buildup to the crippled had been dominated by off-the-field news, including US Soccer's determination to scrub the Islamic Republic awesome from Iran's flag successful a prematch tweet connected Sunday. US Soccer aboriginal restored the representation of Iran's emblem successful its entirety connected societal media, but not earlier drafting the ire of the country's authorities and its federation.
Iran's authorities reacted by accusing US Soccer of removing the sanction of God from their nationalist flag, and the Iranian shot federation said their state volition lodge a ailment with FIFA implicit the scrubbing of the Islamic Republic emblem.
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