here. to chicago, george howl is at soldier field with fans who i m sure were wishing for a different outcome behind you there, is george. what s the scene there? you saw the picture from here at soldier field. if we could take that wider shop to show you the scope of this place. thousands of people who came to watch this game, the word deflated fits. they were excited when we got that one goal, then just disappointed. people streaming out now. but one thing that was notable, you look at the excitement around soccer. tailgating that happened outside soldier field. a lot of people, people who may not have paid attention to soccer before, certainly a lot of new soccer fans here in the united states. people rooting for red, white and blue, it just didn t happen this time. counting the time until the next shot. all right. george howell thanks so much there, in chicago. now to salvador, brazil, where the game was played.
he is, i would say, the most disappointed in a belgian bar probably in the whole u.s. and also, of course, forced to wear the belgian colors as well. let s go to chris cuomo on the ground there, watching this game, that heartbreaking game happened. chris, tell us as well about the only goal here came from maybe someone you weren t even necessarily expecting it from from the u.s. reporter: well, that s true. that s true. green scored the goal, number 16. and he hadn t been a name we had been talking about a who the here. the side is young, and there are a couple names popping out consistently. the biggest one is obviously tim howard, and that s really the only name that you need to mention on the u.s. side tonight because he s the only one who took care of every opportunity. one of the americans i want to paint the picture of what i m seeing. this american walks by. he s, like, how upset can you get about losing to belgium? they re supposed to be a great side. it s not like a geopol
maybe break our heart a little bit. tough going for the united states. from the beginning of the match it was lopsided. they have an expression in soccer that sometimes will field seems tipped because all of the players were at one end. that s what it felt like at this match. belgium getting chance after chance and really for the entire game, tim howard, u.s. goalie, a phenomenal performance. but in extra time, belgium comes through with two quick goals and even though the u.s. put on a great front, attacking toward the end of the game, it wasn t enough. so good u.s. effort certainly and something that americans can hold their heads high. tim howard who has been a main stay of the u.s. soccer program for so long now, 35 years old, likely his last world cup but man did he good out with a bang. such a great performance from him, even in defeat. rachel, we thought perhaps k suffering injuries. we thought that might help the
belgium jersey on. and you re seeing brazilians with germans, with americans, with portuguese. you know, and if you think about it, how rare that is today. there s something about massive events like the world cup that is so much bigger than sport. and it sounds a little kumbaya and to distract from the fact that we lost the match, not at all. the word is bittersweet. the u.s. lost. they very well should have won. they should be upset. they missed opportunities in this match. they held tough with an amazing side. but that s just one facet of the game. and there is a bigger game afoot. and to see what i m seeing now, all of these different colors, forget about the people. just the jerseys. yeah. reporter: who you are in this kind of crowd. and they re all as one, and they re leaving, they re patting americans on the back. and i don t think you can ask for better than that. oh, no doubt. chris cuomo, thank you so much. you really saw that in that belgian bar, i think. a lot of folk
this heart breaking game to belgium. it is bitter sweet. you have to admire u.s. fighting back. you have to ask yourself, where was the fight back? where was the fight for the other 90 minutes? what are your thoughts on this run bit u.s. team? pretty impressive? impressive. but you have to wonder what might have been. we got this many people out for a 4:00 game on a tuesday. if it was saturday in quarterfinals, how much attention there would have been. so yeah, your thaets thoughts on one hand you admire them. on the other hand, you think what could have been snpz collin, thank you. hope you enjoyed yourself today. fans very deflated but i have proud of the u.s. world cup. they barely lost. germany by one goal. belgium by one goal. in the round of 16. this crowd very, very deflated but very proud of the american soccer team. and that amazing game with portugal. i m disappointed as well, brian todd. we will keep scooting along