The United States national team has grown tired of hearing about its traditional shortcomings in World Cup knockout matches.

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The United States men’s national team is tired of hearing about its traditional shortcomings in World Cup knockout matches

The Americans will look to change that narrative on Wednesday night as they attempt to win their first Cup elimination in 24 years when they face face Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 in Santa Clara, California

The Americans last elimination match win came on June 17, 2002, when they defeated Mexico 2-0 in the Round of 16 in South Korea

England will face the Congo while Belgum will meet Senegal in the other elimination games

The Americans will look to change that narrative on Wednesday as they attempt to win their first World Cup elimination game in 24 years when they face Bosnia-Herzegovina in the round of 32 in Santa Clara, California.

The Americans’ last, and only, knockout win came on June 17, 2002, when they defeated Mexico 2-0 in the round of 16 in South Korea.

The good news for the Americans is they should have a healthy Christian Pulisic after the star missed the second game with a calf injury and played only 33 minutes as a sub in the final group match against Turkey.

“I feel good and ready to go for tomorrow,” Pulisic said.

The U.S. will once again play a knockout round match at a home World Cup in the San Francisco Bay area. The 1994 team made it out of group stage and faced Brazil at Stanford Stadium — less than 15 miles away from the site of this year’s game in Santa Clara — only to lose 1-0 to the eventual champions.

Since that round-of-16 win over Mexico in 2002, the U.S. is 0-3 at that stage but is favored to advance against Bosnia, according to oddsmakers.

“We understand what it means — you win or you go home. There definitely needs to be a lot of focus and attention to detail this week,” Pulisic said. “But I think the vibe feels good. We’ve still kept it light, and we still are going to be ready to battle once the whistle blows.”

The U.S. has one win in 21 games against European teams with seven draws and 13 losses since making it back to the World Cup in 1990 for the first time in 40 years.

England will face Congo and Belgium will play Senegal in the other elimination games Wednesday.

The round of 32 continues Thursday with Spain playing Austria, Portugal taking on Croatia and Switzerland facing Algeria, and then concludes Friday with Australia up against Egypt, Cape Verde playing Argentina and Colombia facing Ghana.

The round of 16 begins Saturday.

U.S. coach Pochettino apologizes for curt tone to media after loss

U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino opened his news conference Tuesday by asking the media to forgive him for his curt tone following the U.S. team’s 3-2 loss to Turkey.

The loss came after the U.S. had clinched the top spot in the group.

“I want to apologize to the guys that were in my last press conference,” Pochettino said. “I was so frustrated. I was disappointed. I thank you and am sorry. It was my problem, not your problem. I was upset after the defeat.”

Pochettino called out the media in the post-match news conference last week for not praising him and his team for having already won the group before the loss to Turkey.

“For you not say congratulations that we won the group, that is a little bit sad,” Pochettino told reporters after the game.