A scientific Netherlands ended the United States’ World Cup dream on Saturday, sweeping into the quarter-finals with a ruthless 3-1 victory. First-half targets from Memphis Depay and Daley Blind and a late strike from Denzel Dumfries sealed a deserved victory because the Dutch handed out a painful lesson in ending to their American opponents. The Netherlands, bidding to win their first World Cup after dropping in three earlier finals, will face Argentina or Australia within the final eight. Veteran coach Louis van Gaal’s males had been worthy victors in Saturday’s last-16 conflict on the Khalifa International Stadium.

Although the USA loved lengthy durations of possession in a vivid first-half show, all too typically a scarcity of composure within the ultimate third allow them to down.

Instead it was the Dutch who calmly bided their time earlier than carving open the Americans with forensic precision.

USA ahead Christian Pulisic squandered a golden likelihood to place his crew 1-0 up after solely three minutes, when he discovered himself in house solely to see a scuffed shot saved by Andries Noppert.

Buoyed by that early likelihood, the US remained on the entrance foot, attacking excessive up the sector.

But on 10 minutes the Netherlands took the lead. Superb interaction in midfield noticed the ball labored to Inter Milan’s Dumfries down the proper.

Dumfries picked out Depay, who swept house the end to cap an imposing 20-pass transfer that was in the very best traditions of the Netherlands’ whole footballing heritage.

Again the Americans superior purposefully into Dutch territory by way of Pulisic, just for the Chelsea participant to ship a cross that fell behind his US team-mates.

Tim Weah had the very best American likelihood of the rest of the half on 43 minutes, letting fly with a rasping shot that Noppert parried away.

But in first half stoppage time, the Netherlands delivered the hammer blow.

Dumfries once more discovered house down the proper and drilled a cross to Blind, who had ghosted away from Sergino Dest, for an emphatic low end.

The Netherlands almost prolonged their lead early within the second half when Dumfries’ low cross was prodded in direction of the US objective by defender Walker Zimmerman, forcing a wise save from Matt Turner.

USA coach Gregg Berhalter launched Gio Reyna for the ineffective Jesus Ferreira in assault at half-time in an effort to offer a sharper leading edge.

The Borussia Dortmund participant made an immediate impression after organising a shot for Weston McKennie that sailed over the bar.

Berhalter introduced on Haji Wright for McKennie halfway by way of the second half and the transfer sparked a fleeting revival.

After seeing a goal-bound likelihood cleared on the close to publish on 75 minutes, Wright scored a minute later when his flick from Pulisic’s cross looped over Noppert into the Dutch web for 2-1.

Yet the American fightback was shortlived. In the 81st minute one other Dutch assault pulled the USA defence out of place, and Blind calmly crossed to an unmarked Dumfries on the far publish, who made it 3-1.

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