USA to face Bosnia & Herzegovina in World Cup Round of 32

[p]Their four points and goal difference of -1 was enough to guarantee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bosnia-herzegovina/fqe7WYTr/"]Bosnia &[/a] Herzegovina's position as one of the eight best third-placed finishers, with a complex grid of up to 495 different combinations determining the matchups between eight of the 12 group winners and eight third-placed sides. [/p][p]Those nearly 500 combinations are determined by which eight of the 12 groups provide a qualifying third-place finisher, and with more than 80% of potential combos now ruled out, the first of the eight games was able to be locked in after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ecuador/8tbm8Tri/"]Ecuador[/a] both assured their progression to the Round of 32 from third place in their respective groups. [/p][image alt="Round of 32 Matches" id="e1b32426-015c-4618-8851-2dc3e4ca2129" credit-line="Flashscore / Images via Reuters" guid="f7276dcc-6cc9-43e6-806e-07fb02ad3273" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pochettino-mauricio/zuJM7XDg/"]Mauricio Pochettino[/a]'s men have already sealed top spot of Group D, courtesy of their wins over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/xSrf6qMM/"]Australia[/a] earlier in the group stage, and learned of their upcoming opponents before heading out to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood to kick off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/turkey-7s-QeijuHo5/usa-fuitL4CF/?mid=SCvmMa2U"]their final group match against Turkey[/a].[/p][p]That allowed Pochettino the luxury of making several changes to his lineup, including benching the four players to have received yellow cards already at the tournament. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robinson-antonee/ppHdaUtm/"]Antonee Robinson[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/balgun-folarin/rVZLmUsU/"]Folarin Balogun[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/richards-chris/fVGFlDh2/"]Chris Richards[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adams-tyler/CWnkAe9t/"]Tyler Adams[/a] all missed the starting eleven on Thursday to assure they would not be booked a second time and pick up a suspension for the Round of 32 game against Bosnia & Herzegovina.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pulisic-christian/vTuaEfRq/"]Christian Pulisic[/a], who has been managing a calf problem throughout the tournament, was also rested against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/turkey/QeijuHo5/"]Turkey[/a]. [/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bosnia-herzegovina-fqe7WYTr/usa-fuitL4CF/?mid=A1Jughll"]USA will take on Bosnia & Herzegovina at 5pm local time (8pm ET) on July 1.[/a] [/h2]