The United States will be without prolific goalscorer Falorin Balogun for their last-16 clash with Belgium after he received a red card in the host nation’s 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n
Goals from Balogun and Malik Tillman were enough for the US to progress following a fiery encounter which saw Bosnia manager Sergej Barbarez given a yellow card for his behaviour on the sideline.<\/p>\n
It was Bosnia who asked the first questions of the match, but momentum settled quickly with the US.<\/p>\n
The raucous Santa Clara crowd was brought to life at the half-hour mark when Balogun struck home, but the effort was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n
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He did not have to wait much longer to celebrate however, the Monaco forward finding the back of the net in the 45th minute off the back of a calamitous defensive error from Stjepan Radeljic, who touched the ball straight to Balogun in the box.<\/p>\n
The match threatened to boil over for the US in the 62nd minute when Balogun was sent off for a heavy challenge which caught the ankle of Tarik Muharemovic.<\/p>\n
The hosts proved up to the challenge defensively though, Bosnia threatening repeatedly but unable to break through.<\/p>\n
The second goal came in the 80th minute, when Tillman\u2019s free-kick attempt from just outside the box went up and over the wall and beat the outstretched hands of Bosnia keeper Nikola Vasilj.<\/p>\n
Bosnia had multiple chances to score in the 10 minutes of added time, but were ultimately unable to keep their World Cup dreams alive.<\/p>\n
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