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AL RAYYAN, Qatar — At the final whistle Tyler Adams dropped to his knees outside the U.S. penalty area, overcome by exhaustion and emotion. Haji Wright struck a similar pose near midfield and stayed there a while, unwilling or unable to be consoled by a stream of well-meaning teammates.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar — The U.S. national team started play in the World Cup two weeks ago with two objectives.

The Americans are winless in 12 games against European opponents at the World Cup since 2002, losing six, and are 1-7 during the tournament’s knockout rounds.

Leeds United's USA duo Tyler Adams and Brenden Aaronson have suffered heartbreak after being knocked out of the FIFA World Cup by Louis Van Gaal's Dutch outfit

Netherlands 3-1 USA: A sublime 20-pass move from Louis van Gaal’s side involving all 11 players will be remembered as the finest team goal of this or any World Cup

Tyler Adams became the youngest player to captain America at a World Cup since 1950 and successfully helped Gregg Berhalter's side qualify for the knockout stages

The Whites have put together a decent winter calendar of friendlies before returning to Premier League action

Adams will shortly be facing Netherlands in the last-16 of the World Cup

Adams has starred so far at this winter's World Cup and will face Netherlands this afternoon for a place in the last eight