Christian Pulisic kicked the ball, scored the goal and then crashed into the goalkeeper, a collision that sent the American star to the hospital and the United States into the second round of the World Cup.
NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME HOME. >> A BIG WORLD CUP WIN. TEAM USA HEADED NOW TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE WORLD CUP. YOU SAW THE WIND JUST MINUTES AGO ON FOX 50. THIS WAS A MAKE OR BREAK MATCHUP. SO A LOT OF PRESSURE WRAL'S MATT TALHELM IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH AND A POPULAR SPOT FOR SOCCER FANS. AND EVERY YOU KNOW, IT REALLY CLEARED OUT HERE AT THE LONDON BUT IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES TO THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK. IT IS A WORK DAY AFTER ALL. THEY HAD ABOUT 400 PEOPLE HERE, SOME OF THOSE AND STILL HANGING ON HERE IS THE USA MOVES ON TO THE ROUND OF 16 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014. ALL IT TOOK THAT ONE GOAL TO KNOCK OUT A RUN. NOW, OF COURSE, THIS MATCH HAD A LOT OF POLITICAL TENSION SURROUNDING BETWEEN THOSE 2 COUNTRIES. BUT >> FOR ALL THESE FANS, IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE GAME ON THE >> THERE'S A RUSH TO SCORE A SPOT INSIDE THE LONDON BRIDGE PUB. THIS IS THE PLACE IN RALEIGH. YOU WANT TO IN THE COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT 2 O'CLOCK ON A TUESDAY PROBABLY WORK. SO IN A FEW DOUBLE DATE WITH MY WIFE AND ANOTHER HER ONLY ADVICE WAS JUST REALLY DO NOT GO TOO CRAZY FOR IN THIS GAME AT A TIME. USA VERSUS A RUN OF THE WORLD CUP. EVERYTHING'S ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW GETS THESE BUDDIES FROM RALEIGH, AN EXCUSE TO BREAK THE RULES ON A WORKDAY WORK FROM HOME. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AT MY DESK SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM. SO SORRY. THE BEER ON DRAFT FUELING FANS HOPING FOR A BETTER GAME THAN THE LAST TO DROP A GAME AGAINST WALES. TIE WITH A LOT MORE THAN PRETTY WHEN YOU KNOW. SO HE'S NOT LOSING IS GOOD THERE. THIS MATCH IS THE FIRST TIME TEAM USA TEAM RUN A STOP IN 24 ON THIS TEAM IS EVEN 24 YEARS OLD. ALL THESE FOLKS ARE SO YOUNG. SO WHAT YOU MADE ME FEEL SO OLD THAT THERE ARE FUTURE WRAPPED IN USA SCARVES AND BEHIND RED, WHITE AND BLUE SUNGLASSES. THESE FANS HAVE THEIR EYES GLUED TO THE BIG SCREEN. AND WHEN TEAM USA SCORES. THAT'S A RAP SHEET OF EXCITEMENT. IT'S THE CROWD RILED UP. EXCEPT FOR THE SLEEPING BABY IN THE BAR. THIS LITTLE WHEN YOU HAVE A FEW MORE YEARS TO BECOME A >> WITH THE NEXT WORLD TO EVERYTHING THIS THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING FOR. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF U.S. SOCCER. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS WORLD >> AND THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE WORLD CUP BY STORM. ACCORDING TO THE FANS OUT HERE, TEAM USA NOW WILL TAKE ON THE NETHERLANDS IN THE NEXT ROUND HERE IN ENGLAND. WALES ALSO PLAYED, BY THE WAY, AT THE SAME TIME. SO SOME OF THE ENGLISH FANS WERE ALSO HERE WATCHING THE GAME, ENGLAND WON THAT GAME. OF COURSE, BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS FOR THE TEAM'S OF THE U.S. TIDE AGAINST IN THE EARLY AROUND THE MAY BE JUST SLEEPING. OH, MY GOSH. WILL AIR MONTHS THEY WERE DOING WELL, I GUESS. OH, MY GOSH, MATT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HOPE THAT THOSE PEOPLE DON'T GO BACK TO WORK. THAT PROBABLY NOT BE THE BEST IDEA OFF. I WRITE SOME OF THEM DID. THEY RAN OUT OF HERE AND SAID WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK. SO I THINK THERE MIGHT BE HAVE A FUN OF THE ALL RIGHT. MATT TALHELM LIVE IN DOWNTOWN
