- The U.S. team has been playing the best World Cup soccer in its history — high energy, depth and exciting attackers like Pulisic and Dest.
- Folarin Balogun was cleared to play in Monday’s pivotal round-of-16 match against Belgium, giving the U.S. a major scoring boost.
- Massive stakes and a raucous home crowd in Seattle — a win could cement Pochettino’s legacy, a loss would be a very public disappointment.
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