US earn 2-0 win over Bosnia to reach round of 16

Malik Tillman's free-kick goal in the 82nd minute gave 10-man USA the insurance it craved ‌to hold on for a 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, California, on Wednesday and advance to the World Cup's round of 16.

The United States ‌earned their first knockout-round victory since 2002, but it wasn't easy after Folarin Balogun, who scored in the 45th minute, was shown a red card in the 64th.

Matt Freese made ​three saves for his second clean sheet of the tournament to the delight of the roaring crowd.

The US will play Belgium in Seattle on Monday. The Belgians pulled out a 3-2 winner over Senegal after extra time earlier Wednesday.

After a potential Christian Pulisic goal was disallowed in the 78th minute because he was offside, Tillman sent an ​overpowering shot up and over the wall from 21 yards to the upper left corner. The restart was set up when Sergino Dest drew a yellow card as Stjepan ⁠Radeljic grabbed his shirt.

Bosnia and Herzegovina played their first-ever World Cup knockout match.

Balogun gave the US a 1-0 half-time lead ‌with ‌a ​wicked spin and shot from the top of the box. He followed a formula that worked in the first match against Paraguay when he had an early goal reversed because of an offside call.

This time, he was ​offside in the 31st minute, but he would not be ​denied 14 minutes later.

The US kept its defensive shape, pinning Bosnia and Herzegovina deep, resulting in a giveaway that led to the ball pinging off ‌Bosnian defender Tarik Muharemovic.

Balogun ran onto the loose ball, stopped, ​turned to his left and fired in his third goal of the tournament.

A few minutes later in first-half stoppage time, Balogun ⁠pounded a shot off the crossbar from a pass by ⁠Sergino Dest.

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