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US face Belgium in Seattle with World Cup expectations rising
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US face Belgium in Seattle with World Cup expectations rising
July 4 : A different kind of Monday Night Football comes to Seattle when the U.S. face Belgium for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals, with an American side carrying rising expectations into a meeting with one of Europe's most experienced teams.The match at the Seattle Seahawks' home stadium, one of the loudest venues in the NFL, is expected to provide a raucous backdrop for a U.S. team whose tournament ambitions have grown with each performance.Before the World Cup, many U.S. supporters viewed a place in the last 16 as a reasonable target. However, wins over Paraguay and Australia in the group stage, followed by a 2-0 victory over Bosnia despite playing the final 36 minutes with 10 men, have raised hopes that Mauricio Pochettino's side can make a deeper run on home soil. Belgium, by
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