united states just barely made it through to the quarterfinals with a somewhat controversial win over spain the u.s. seemed to be cruising to a 4th straight easy win thanks to an early penalty but a mistake on defense let to a spectacular shot by spain's yeah any harm also to tie the match late in the 2nd half a questionable penalty against a spanish side was upheld by the video referee and the u.s. took advantage to secure the victory sure one was the sport. yannick spikes from d.w. sports is here with me to talk about the sound of a much tougher side and match for the u.s. they breezed through the group stage but that was no easy game no that was much tougher as you just mentioned they scored 18 unanswered goals in the group stages but against spain they came up against a different base and they provided the u.s.