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Dutch great's stinging assessment of USA - CtrlF.XYZ

Dutch great's stinging assessment of USA

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By Damien McCartney and AP

The United States' instrumentality to the World Cup ended with a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to the Netherlands connected Saturday successful the circular of 16.

While the Oranje extended their unbeaten streak to 19 games and precocious to a quarterfinal against Argentina, the Americans contemplated however acold they came and however abbreviated they fell.

“It hurts aft a pugnacious nonaccomplishment similar that erstwhile we consciousness similar we could person had more,” Christian Pulisic said.

“We don't privation to consciousness similar this again.”

Dutch manager Louis van Gaal was his emblematic blunt aforesaid erstwhile asked his sentiment of the US' show station game.

"The United States didn't adapt, they didn't adjust, we made our tactical program based connected targeting the flanks," helium said.

Defensive lapses gave the Dutch a dainty arsenic Memphis Depay scored successful the 10th infinitesimal and Daley Blind successful first-half stoppage time.

USA anticipation was revived erstwhile Pulisic's transverse deed the trailing ft of second-half substitute Haji Wright and into the nett successful the 76th. But Denzel Dumfries scored connected a volley successful the 81st to extremity immoderate anticipation of a fightback.

The US haven't reached the quarter-finals since 2002. They were besides eliminated successful the archetypal knockout circular successful 2010 and 2014.

The Dutch went up erstwhile Cody Gakpo played the shot to Dumfries connected the close flank. Blind past scored successful the archetypal infinitesimal of archetypal fractional stoppage time.

Wright entered successful the 67th and scored his 2nd planetary extremity connected the antithetic interaction from 3 yards out, sparking US hopes. But minutes later, Dumfries was near unmarked by Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson and scored from adjacent scope from different Daley Blind cross.

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