USA 2-0 Bosnia And Herzegovina: FIFA World Cup 2026. The United States men’s national team beat Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2-0, in the World Cup round of 32 here on Wednesday night. Now, the bad: If they’re going to go any farther, they may have to do it without their top goal scorer.
The red card came after Balogun collided with Bosnian defender Tarik Muharemovic just inside the U.S. attacking third. Both players lay on the ground initially, but then the referee, Brazilian Raphael Claus, was called to the monitor by the video assistant referee.
Balogun is the fifth American to receive a red card at a World Cup and is the first player from any country to score and receive a red card in the same knockout game since France‘s Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 final.
Bosnia surely thought they’d done enough to take the match to halftime even. But in the 45th minute, Tim Ream forced a turnover in the middle of the field and sent the ball toward Tyler Adams, who sent a deft flick to Tillman. The midfielder sent a pass through that took a fortuitous bounce — a Bosnian defender tried to clear it but deflected it off a teammate — and the ball fell for Balogun, who rolled it under the goalkeeper.