Tom Hindle: Score early. If the USMNT start fast and play the game they want to play, then they should be ok here.
Alex Labidou: This is going to sound like a Hallmark movie or the awful Draft Day movie from 2014 – Bo Callahan is an epic evil quarterback name. But the reality is Mauricio Pochettino’s side needs to not let the expectation of the moment get to them. One could argue, for example, that the U.S. were better than the Ghana side that beat them in 2010, but as the head coach
As Bob Bradley reminisced, sometimes there are factors out of your control when you reach the knockout stages. Some of that is luck, some of that is pressure, and the U.S. need to stick with what worked best for them in the first two games – deliver the first punch. If Bosnia scores first or makes this cagey, it could work against the Americans.
Ryan Tolmich: Do whatever they did against Paraguay! Jokes aside, there are answers there. To succeed, this team needs to press aggressively, but also be wary of the counter. Those counters will happen, of course, and the game might come down to how well the USMNT handles them. If the press is in and they contain the dangerous moments, they’ll be fine.
