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Malik Tillman's World Cup Moment Came At The Perfect Time For USA

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA STADIUM — Thank goodness the speakers were loud. Standing in socks, one of them soaked with his own blood, Malik Tillman stood behind the microphone and talked about what had just happened: the biggest moment of his life. On Wednesday, in the U.S. men’s national team’s first do-or-die match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Tillman’s Lionel Messi-esque free kick goal — his first on soccer’s grandest stage — put the USA up 2-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina and sealed the Stars and Stripes’ first World Cup knockout round victory in almost a quarter-century. But, as usual, Tillm...