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The U.S. Cleared a Big World Cup Hurdle. The Knockout Round Poses Another.

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The U.S. victory over Iran sent it to the round of 16, with a match against the Netherlands on Saturday. The team already has much to be proud of.

It has been eight years since the U.S. men last played a knockout game at the World Cup.Credit...Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

DOHA, Qatar — Those last few minutes, the ones in which everything the United States has worked for was close enough to touch, seemed to stretch on and on into the night. The clock refused to tick.