Netherlands eliminates U.S. in round 16 of the World Cup

Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored successful the archetypal fractional and Denzel Dumfries added a precocious extremity arsenic the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 triumph Saturday that precocious the Dutch to the quarterfinals.

Second-half substitute Haji Wright chopped the U.S. shortage to 2-1 successful the 76th infinitesimal erstwhile Christian Pulisic's transverse deed his trailing ft and popped implicit goalkeeper Andries Noppert and into the net. But Dumfries, who assisted connected the archetypal 2 goals, scored connected a volley successful the 81st.

Runners-up successful 1974, 1978 and 2010, the Oranje extended their unbeaten streak to 19 games and look Argentina oregon Australia connected Friday.

It was a disappointing extremity for a rebuilt U.S. squad hoping to beforehand past the circular of 16 for the archetypal clip since 2002. Using the second-youngest squad successful the tournament, the Americans achieved the bare minimum to see the World Cup a success, beating Iran successful their group-stage finale to scope the knockout round.

But conscionable similar successful 2010 against Ghana and 2014 against Belgium, the United States was eliminated successful the circular of 16. The Americans are winless successful 12 games against European opponents astatine the World Cup since 2002, losing six, and are 1-7 during the tournament's knockout rounds.

Pulisic, playing 4 days aft getting wounded during his game-winning extremity against Iran, had a accidental to enactment the United States up successful the 3rd infinitesimal but Noppert, playing successful lone his 4th planetary match, blocked his point-blank shot. With the Americans seeking an equalizing goal, Noppert dived to halt Tim Weah's 25-yard effort successful the 42nd.

The assemblage of 44,846 was good backmost from the tract astatine renovated Khalifa International Stadium, which has an athletics way and was much subdued than the raucous spectators for the lucifer against Iran.

While the United States had the amended play astatine the start, the Dutch went up aft breaking the American press. Dumfries one-timed a walk from the close flank arsenic Depay streaked unmarked into the punishment area. His right-footed changeable from 14 yards bushed Matt Turner to the acold station successful the 10th infinitesimal for his 43rd planetary goal, moving him into sole possession of 2nd spot connected the Dutch vocation scoring database down Robin van Persie's 50.

The extremity was the archetypal allowed by the United States from the tally of play successful the tournament. In 37 World Cup matches, the Americans person ne'er won a crippled successful which they trailed.

The Netherlands doubled the pb connected virtually the last footwear of the archetypal half, successful the archetypal infinitesimal of stoppage time. After a speedy bid of exchanges pursuing a throw-in, Dumfries got a transverse astir Tyler Adams and recovered Blind wide unfastened astatine the punishment spot. Blind scored lone his 3rd planetary extremity — his archetypal successful 8 years. Gio Reyna fed an unfastened Weston McKennie successful the 54th, but helium skied his changeable implicit the crossbar.

Wright entered successful the 67th and scored his 2nd planetary goal, sparking U.S. hopes. But Dumfries was near unmarked by Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson and utilized his near ft to volley Blind's cross.