After emerging from a tough group with a win against Iran, the USA would take on the Netherlands in the Round of 16. Their opponents easily won their group by allowing one goal and taking seven points in three... not extremely difficult matchups. The USA seemed to matchup well to the Oranje though man for man Holland probably has the edge at nearly every position.
While the odds were for a Netherlands win before the match, the team is mostly know for being home to the man who re-invented soccer to create the blueprint for the modern game as we know it in Johan Cruyff and for never winning the World Cup due to individuals deciding to be bigger than the team or otherwise humiliating collective collapses.