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Resilience, Belief And 'Steely Focus': How USA Weathered Storm For Gritty World Cup Win

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA STADIUM — What does it say about this U.S. men’s national team that it can lose its top striker and leading scorer to a red card, then band together for the final 36 minutes and not only preserve its lead, but add to it and concede nothing? "Would it be weird if I downplayed this and said I wasn’t even fazed by it? That it wasn’t even that impressive?" captain Tim Ream said with a grin after the USA defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 in the round of 32 on Wednesday night. "It felt really easy and simple for us in that moment," Ream continued, "because we were all just c...