The US men beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 to win their second World Cup opener.

The United States advanced to the round of 16 after beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0, only their second win The knockout round of the World Cup Of course a group of men – but a controversial red card will leave the national team without their key player for the next game.

Folarin Balogun scored the go-ahead goal in the 45th minute, sending the US into the half with a 1-0 lead. Balogun looked to have given the US a goal in the 31st minute, but was called offside, and another chance late in the first half went wide of the goal.

But Balogun was sent off in the 64th minute after he challenged Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović and went down with his foot, spraining his ankle – leaving the US down a man for the rest of the game.

Due to the red card, Balogun will not be allowed to play in the round of 16 match against Belgium on July 6.

Malik Tillman added the US's second goal in the 81st minute on a free kick from just outside the penalty area.

The game was played less than 20 miles from the site of the first US qualifying round match of the modern era, when the Americans lost 1-0 to Brazil at Stanford Stadium in 1994.

The US got the favor for the first time on record in a playoff game and it didn't disappoint the red, white and blue crowd at Levi's Stadium who were chanting “USA! USA!” in the closing minutes.

The win snapped the US' 10-game losing streak against European teams that are tied with England at the 2022 World Cup. It was the first World Cup victory for the Americans against a European team since they defeated Portugal in the opening game in 2002. They are winless in 13 consecutive World Cups against European sides since then, including a 2-1 extra-time loss to Belgium in the round of 16 in 2014.

The US got off to a fast start in the group games by scoring in the first 15 minutes in all three games. But it was Bosnia who had the better of the chances early on, with Matt Freese needing to make two early saves to stop Ermedin Demirovic following a tricky goal kick that caught the US defense off guard and a corner Kerim Alajbegovic almost headed home.

Balogun then took over from there. Tim Ream blocked the Bosnia goal in midfield and Tillman found Balogun in the box. He slid in a left-footed shot for his third goal of the tournament – one shy of the US men's World Cup singles record set in 1930 by Bert Patenaude.

He wrote it in his celebratory version of the LeBron James Silencer, which drew a positive response from King James himself.

Bosnia's second trip to the World Cup was a success with a draw against Canada in the first game and a win over Qatar which helped the team advance to the knockout round for the first time.