India, June 20 -- No Pulisic? No problem! The United States of America booked their place in the round of 32 on Saturday with an emphatic 2-0 victory over Australia in Seattle. In light of thrashing Paraguay 4-1 last week and Paraguay beating Turkey 1-0 today, the USA are the top team of Group D and will face one of the qualifying third-placed teams on July 2 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The USA opened the scoring in the 11th minute via a Cameron Burgess own goal before Alex Freeman doubled their lead shortly before half-time. The second half was relatively cagey with USA protecting their lead and Australia struggling to create clear-cut chances.

This marks the first time in nearly a century that the USA have won consecutive World Cup...