The United States and Belgium are playing in the World Cup 2014 round of 16 on Tuesday and the live stream coverage is from WatchESPN on the ESPN website and it starts at 4 pm ET at Arena Fonte Nova in salvador and this will be the biggest game in years for Team USA at the soccer tournament and coach Jurgen Klinsmann has the USMNT confident heading into the knockout game against the Belgians.
This matchup could be the biggest in World cup history for the United States side and they are coming in with confidence and Jurgen Klinsmann has them playing with the right mindset. The team is physically fit and while Belgium may be more talented, the US has experience in World Cup games and this moment is what every player has been waiting for. No more draw or ties, no more playing to not lose, now every team has to play to win and the US will be no different. Michael Bradley has not had a good game yet and this will be a huge chance for him to step up and this could make legends out of players in American soccer.
The United States was not given much of a chance to get out the group stage by anyone and they performed well enough to advance after beating Ghana, drawing with Portugal and losing against Germany. The US team earned three crucial points against Ghana in their opening game and that put them in position to advance and things ended up breaking the right way and the team got the result they needed to advance.
The game against Germany was a loss, but a 1-0 score was good enough and now the team matches up with Belgium. Jozy Altidore is returning to action most likely and Klinsmann said that he could play against Belgium and he likely will come in as a sub rather than start in case his injury flares up. Germany made it through to the quarterfinals along with Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, the Netherlands and France into the next round.
Check here for the United States and Belgium schedule for the World Cup.
