The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Is Rewriting Its History

The video was clear; the moment rarely is. In the sixty-fourth minute of the U.S. men’s national team’s game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Folarin Balogun, the U.S.’s breakout-star striker, who, in the first half, had scored the lone goal of the game to put the hosts up 1–0, lunged for a loose ball up the left sideline, jostling for position with Tarik Muharemović, Bosnia’s center back. Balogun splayed his legs to keep his balance, and his right foot raked down the back of Muharemović’s calf before landing on Muharemović’s ankle.