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\n\tThe U.S. Men\u2019s National Soccer Team has been eliminated from World Cup competition in a tough 4-1 loss Monday evening to Belgium within the Round of 16 of the worldwide soccer tournament.<\/p>\n
\n\tBelgium defeated the U.S. in a match held before a capability crowd at Seattle Stadium. The sport is predicted to deliver NFL-level rankings as viewership within the U.S. as viewership of the World Cup tournament has steadily increased for Fox Sports and Telemundo\/Peacock. The 39-day competition began June 11 and is about to conclude on July 19.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe U.S. Men\u2019s team had been hoping to advance into the World Cup quarterfinals for the primary time since 2002. The team\u2019s July 1 victory against Bosnia-Herzegovina helped generate buzz for the tournament and drive interest amongst U.S. viewers because the tournament unfolds across 11 U.S. cities plus venues in Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe U.S. Men\u2019s team had high hopes for making big strides on behalf of the lads\u2019s game. U.S. women have claimed Women\u2019s World Cup victories 4 times, in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019.<\/p>\n
\n\tCommentators were quick to praise the usMen\u2019s team for capturing the general public\u2019s imagination and fielding stars including Malik Tillman, who scored Team USA\u2019s only goal of the sport, in addition to Folarin Balogun, Alex Freeman, Chris Richards, Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams, amongst others.<\/p>\n
\n\tMauricio Pochettino, coach of the of U.S. team, was blunt in his post-game interview with Fox Sports. He said the team that played Monday night didn’t show the identical skill and coordination that allowed them advance past the Group Stage rounds last month. Belgium jumped out with an early lead and retained the momentum through the remainder of the match.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s not to seek out excuses or an argument. We didn\u2019t show up just like the team that had showed up [earlier in the tournament]. That may be a reality,\u201d Pochettino told Fox Sports. \u201cWe want to evaluate the sport and why we didn\u2019t approach this game the identical way.\u201d He added that ultimately he’s \u201cthe person responsible.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tFox Sports commentator Carli Lloyd, a member of Women\u2019s World Cup winning teams and a retired pro soccer player, echoed the coach\u2019s sentiments in regards to the team\u2019s struggle on Monday.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThey lost the sport before they even stepped out on to the pitch, and I\u2019m unsure why,\u201d Lloyd said. \u201cThis can be a real disappointing loss to exit on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t(Pictured: Youri Tielemans of Belgium and U.S. player Malik Tillman, who scored the sport\u2019s only goal for Team USA)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Men\u2019s National Soccer Team has been eliminated from World Cup competition in a tough 4-1 loss Monday evening to Belgium within the Round of 16 of the worldwide soccer tournament. Belgium defeated the U.S. in a match held before a capability crowd at Seattle Stadium. The sport is predicted to deliver NFL-level rankings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20669],"tags":[1261,1060,20177,7494,1903,16987,1008,3761,813],"class_list":["post-362394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","tag-competition","tag-cup","tag-eliminated","tag-mens","tag-national","tag-soccer","tag-team","tag-u-s","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t