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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 The U.S. team spent Monday like millions of other interested followers of the World Cup, watching thrilling games from other venues that included a major upset with Germany falling to Paraguay, three games that went down to the wire and two nervy shootouts.<\/p>\n

Read more Monterrey turns into a sea of Mexico green, even without El Tri on the field<\/a><\/p>\n

Then the reality quickly set in that they would soon be back in the spotlight themselves, with a round of 32 match against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday that will go a long way to determining how successful this World Cup will be.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the moment you\u2019re a fan, and then afterward you realize that this is also the same tournament that we\u2019re playing. I think it\u2019s a weird dynamic,\u201d U.S. defender Chris Richards said Tuesday before the team\u2019s final practice ahead of the knockout round. \u201cBut we saw an upset yesterday, so it\u2019s making sure that we don\u2019t allow that to happen to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

After starting the tournament with convincing wins over Paraguay and Australia that clinched the top spot in the group before a meaningless loss to Turkey last week, the Americans enter this knockout round as the favorites to advance for a change against a Bosnian team that has never made it past the group stage before this year.<\/p>\n

US has only one World Cup knockout round win ever<\/h3>\n

But history is against the team as the U.S. men have had little success in the past in the knockout round of the World Cup or against European opposition.<\/p>\n

While the Americans made it to the semifinals at the inaugural tournament in 1930 by winning their group, their only win ever in a knockout round came in 2002 when they beat rival Mexico 2-0 in South Korea before losing to Germany in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

In the eight other tournaments since the U.S. returned to the World Cup in 1990 for the first time in 40 years, the U.S. lost its first knockout game \u2014 the round of 16 instead of the round of 32 \u2014 four times, failed to make it out of the group three times and failed even to qualify in 2018.<\/p>\n

Christian Pulisic said the approach doesn\u2019t change in this round and that mood around the team remains light even with the high stakes in this part of the tournament. Pulisic said he\u2019s healthy and ready to start after missing one game with a calf injury and playing the last game as a second-half substitute.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just want to extend it as long as you can, because some of the best memories I have in my life was last World Cup in Qatar,\u201d Pulisic said. \u201cNow being here, it\u2019s just special to be here. You just don\u2019t want it to end. So there\u2019s definitely a lot of enthusiasm within the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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US has struggled against European teams<\/h3>\n

The U.S. lost its knockout game four years ago to the Netherlands 3-1. That came after a 2-1 loss to Belgium in 2014 and is part of a long run of futility against European teams.<\/p>\n

The U.S. is 1-13-7 against European teams at the World Cup since 1990, with the only win coming in 2002 in the opener against Portugal. The Americans are winless in their last 13 matches against European squads at the tournament since then.<\/p>\n

While Bosnia, 61st in the FIFA rankings, lacks the pedigree of many of those past European opponents, the Americans know this matchup won\u2019t be easy. The Bosnians secured a spot in the World Cup for the second time ever by winning penalty shootouts against Wales and four-time World Cup champion Italy in the European playoffs and then advanced out of the group thanks to a draw in Toronto against host Canada and a 3-1 win over Qatar.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery team brings different challenges,\u201d Richards said. \u201cUltimately the Bosnia team, they were good defensively and good going forward. It\u2019s making sure that we take care of business on both ends. They have a very experienced attack so it\u2019s making sure we do our best in the back to take that away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a victory on Wednesday, the U.S. team would advance to the round of 16 next Monday in Seattle against the winner of Wednesday\u2019s game between Belgium and Senegal.<\/p>\n

It only gets tougher after that with powerhouses like Spain still alive in their half of the bracket, but the results so far in this tournament with teams like Germany and the Netherlands getting knocked out early show what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our chance to go farther in this tournament,\u201d Richards said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen two big boys fall. So it\u2019s just a matter of us getting through this game and putting in a good performance and hopefully we continue that. It\u2019ll start to open up. So it is very exciting for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Scheffler and McIlroy looking for another moment to stand out in a year of parity on PGA Tour<\/a><\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

\n See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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