England’s Harry Kane, proper, fights for the ball in opposition to Christian Pulisic of the United States through the World Cup group B soccer match on the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, on Friday.

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England’s Harry Kane, proper, fights for the ball in opposition to Christian Pulisic of the United States through the World Cup group B soccer match on the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, on Friday.

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DOHA, Qatar — The U.S. males’s crew tied England in a scoreless recreation on the World Cup on Friday.

Considering the British crew is among the many favorites to win your complete match, it is a formidable efficiency from Team USA, which debuted considered one of its youngest World Cup teams ever in its return this yr after failing to qualify for the match in 2018.

Despite England’s vastly superior World Cup file, the U.S. males’s crew has by no means misplaced to England within the match. England, although, missed an opportunity for redemption this recreation, after the crew’s well-known upset loss in opposition to the Americans in 1950.

As the ultimate whistle blew — after 4 minutes of added time — boos echoed all through Qatar’s Al Bayt Stadium from followers possible disenchanted with out a definitive end result.

The United States, now with two factors after two tied video games, stands in third place in Group B behind England with 4 factors and Iran, with three factors. Wales has 1 level. England’s 6-2 win over the Iranians within the groups’ first group match ought to give the Americans confidence heading into its flip with Iran subsequent week.

“We’re proud but our work’s not done,” U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter mentioned in postgame interview on Fox. “We have to win on Tuesday. We know five points gets us in. We’ve got to focus on the five points.”

To keep within the match and attain the knockout stage, the U.S. should beat Iran, which pulled off a stunning 2-0 victory earlier within the day. England faces off with Wales subsequent. Both video games will probably be at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Tom Goldman reported from Doha, Qatar, and Emma Bowman reported from Los Angeles.