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The United States Men's National Team secured a FIFA World Cup knockout-stage berth Friday with a 2-0 defeat of Australia at Seattle's Lumen Field, marking the country's first back-to-back World Cup wins since the inaugural tournament in 1930.
Six points, six goals, two matches — the Americans lead Group D outright and have drawn their most favorable tournament positioning in nearly a century.
Own Goal Opens the Ledger, Freeman Seals It The Americans found the net early when a Flo Balogun pass deflected off Australia's Cameron Burgess and into the net in the 10th minute.
The own goal was the second consecutive World Cup match in which the United States benefited from an opponent scoring on himself — a sequence with no precedent in the tournament's history.
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