Malik Tillman scores winner in US friendly against Bosnia

• Malik Tillman scored the winner in the US friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended 2-0 in the 16th minute of stoppage time.
• With the score tied at the time, Tillman’s goal was the deciding one; the match was ultimately decided by the forward’s strike.
• The US will play against Belgium in Seattle; earlier, the match against the Red Devils ended in a 16th-minute goal by Balogun.

Malik Tillman scored the winning goal in the US friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended 2-0 in the 16th minute of stoppage time.

According to The Guardian, the match was decided by an offside call: the ball was in the air when the pass went through the superstructure. For Pitt’s mind, the forward’s goal was the result of Kyle Robertson’s new idea, but Tillman’s goal came from a mistake by the right-back, who was caught out by the run.

In a report, The Guardian notes that the US forward scored in the 15th minute after the match began. At that moment, USA winger Folarin Balogun was in the other team’s tail, while Tillman was one pass away from Antonee Robinson, who was covering the run.

Associated Press reports that Tillman’s goal was the only one that mattered, as he scored from a pass by the super striker, but the match was decided by the same goal. The material also notes that Tim Ream, who plays for the US team, is the captain, and that Balogun’s goal was the key moment in the match.

AP also writes that the US team’s jersey is the same as the German team’s, and that in 2022 the team changed its kit to the one used by the German club. The material adds that the match minutes were the same as those in the Gold Cup, where the team scored two goals against Trinidad and Tobago, and also that the match was decided by the same goal against Haiti.

AP notes that the US will play against Belgium in Seattle; the match will be held at the same time as the last time they played in 2002. The Guardian, meanwhile, clarifies that the match against the US ended in a draw, while Balogun’s discovery led to a goal by Tillman in the 16th minute of stoppage time.

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