I don’t think there’s any question that the whole thing had an effect on the team. Every single player played horrible with the notable exception of Balogun (who was just ok). It’s a bummer any of it happened at all.
Not just that, but it was clear Belgium were really fired up for the match. They were absolutely relentless for the first 10-15 minutes and the US never really got back into the game after that.
I don’t think there’s any question that the whole thing had an effect on the team. Every single player played horrible with the notable exception of Balogun (who was just ok). It’s a bummer any of it happened at all.
Not just that, but it was clear Belgium were really fired up for the match. They were absolutely relentless for the first 10-15 minutes and the US never really got back into the game after that.