USMNT knows group stage success won't matter without a World Cup knockout run

IRVINE, Calif. — For all the U.S. World Cup achievements thus far — winning the group after two matches, scoring a program-record eight goals over three games, energizing the masses, repopularizing "Country Roads" — nothing will matter if success does not continue in the knockout stage.Lose to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the newly created Round of 32 on Wednesday, and this tournament is an abject failure. Beat the Bosnians but fall in the Round of 16 to perhaps Belgium, well, we'