Breaking down USMNT’s potential Round of 16 opponents
The United States has spent the last two weeks building belief. Now comes the part of the World Cup where belief no longer matters. Mauricio Pochettino’s squad did exactly what it needed to do in the group stage, crushing Paraguay 4-1 before shutting out Australia 2-0 to clinch first place in Group D under FIFA’s new head-to-head tiebreaker. A heavily rotated lineup then dropped a 3-2 thriller to Turkey in a match that meant little beyond preserving legs for the knockout rounds. Everything now points toward Wednesday night at Levi’s Stadium. The Americans’ opponent, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is hardly the
