The United States’ World Cup wagon will next stop in Santa Clara, at Levi’s Stadium. Bosnia and Herzegovina stand in the USMNT’s way in the round of 32 and, with group-stage matches involving these sides averaging nearly four goals per game, there’s every chance of a cracker.
USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina: key information
The three previous meetings between these teams have resulted in one draw and two wins for the USA, though they’ve never played one another in a competitive match.
Most recently, a late goal from Cole Bassett gave the United States a 1-0 win in 2021, but Mauricio Pochettino’s vibrant side are much-improved from the XI that took the field that day.
For Bosnia and Herzegovina, this is a first-ever major tournament knockout fixture. Having never qualified for the European Championship finals, they exited in the group stage at World Cup 2014. Teenage star Kerim Alajbegovic set the Dragons up for a 3-1 win over Qatar that sealed their last-32 spot.
For the winner, a last-16 tie at Lumen Field, Seattle, awaits.
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USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina: World Cup 2026 Preview
Pochettino and the co-hosts have progressed comfortably enough, winning their first two group stage games against Paraguay and Australia to etch their name into this fixture well in advance.
First place in the group secured, they proceeded to blot their copybook with a last-gasp 3-2 loss to eliminated Turkey in Los Angeles.
If the USMNT can power past Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight, that loss will be forgotten, as well as irrelevant. Pochettino shuffled the pack and came up with a very different XI to the one that will line-up in the round of 32. Folarin Balogun, Antonee Robinson and Christian Pulisic should all return.
Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified as the fifth-best third-placed team, but their four-point haul meant that Sergej Barbarez’s team had realistically qualified as soon as they’d beaten Qatar 3-1 in their final Group B game. Bayer Leverkusen newbie Alajbegovic, just 18, led the way, while at the other end of the age spectrum 40-year-old Edin Dzeko was involved in the second, credited as an own goal.
They came through a group with a co-host, which isn’t to be underestimated, and were within 13 minutes of beating Canada in Toronto in the first game. They were, tough, distinctly off-colour in a 4-1 loss to Switzerland.
Group B was no tap-in for the Dragons, but their degree of difficulty is about to take a huge leap upwards in their maiden knockout fixture.
FourFourTwo’s prediction
United States 3-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
FourFourTwo predicts a game in which the Americans always have their noses in front, but their opponents refuse to go away.
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