countries. and when thomas muller scored, the u.s. went down, the same minute, that was when ghana scored over in brazilia. and then anything could have happened. but they have done it. of they have held on, scraped through by the skip of their teeth. and yep, the journey continues. of it is likely to be another really tough encounter, as rachel was saying, against belgium next up. we ll be watching, amanda dave us for us in rio de janeiro. thank you so much for that. we ll be coming back to you here. as we talk soccer, let s talk to atlanta silver backs defender listening to this conversation. and i grabbed you right before we began our coverage. and i said, okay, so much has been made about this rain and the lack of, you know, one fewer day of rest for team usa. and you said to me, no big deal. no big deal. nothing matters. once you get to the field, no matter how many miles you travel, how much rest you got, once you re in that field at
and since the u.s. played so well in the first two games, they were given some margin of error in this game. of course, their mentality was to get a result. i think they were a little upset they weren t able to win. but regardless, they re into the next stage. and i know they the coaches are probably looking at the other score, and it ended up working out for us. but i also think there is a huge complement, just the way the coaching staff prepared the team and the way the team played and performed in brazil. obviously, you guys are very happy for your fellow soccer players and wish the best of luck. any last words for the u.s. team aas they move forward next week? we ll show off our country and prove everyone who thought we couldn t make it this far. so they re going to keep proving them wrong and we re really excited for them. awesome. there you go, brooke. u.s. moving forward to the next round. back to you. zain asher, loving the red, white and blue. thanks to you and the r