SEATTLE ¨C The United States¡¯ World Cup dreams came to a crashing halt in the last 16 against Belgium on Monday as Charles De Ketelaere scored twice in a 4-1 win overshadowed by FIFA¡¯s controversial decision to suspend U.S. forward Folarin Balogun¡¯s ban.
De Ketelaere gave Belgium the lead in the ninth minute with a simple tap-in, ?taking full advantage of a nervous start by the U.S. to quickly deflate the partisan crowd.
Malik Tillman equalized in the ?31st minute ?with a deflected free kick that wrong-footed Thibaut Courtois, but De Ketelaere restored Belgium¡¯s lead little more ?than a minute later with a back-post header.
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