That is how close just a little while ago this morning the U.S. women's national team came

to being eliminated from the world cup who hits the post right there because Portugal

shot just missed outside. The United States team is able to play through a draw and advance

to the knockout round. Team moves on as the runners up in Group E likely will face the

winners of Group G. It could be Sweden we think on Sunday morning. Good morning. Welcome

to Morning Joe. It's Tuesday, August 1st. I'm Willie Geiss. Jonathan Lamar we've been watching

this tournament. Last two games draws for the United States. First round even was closer

than a lot of people thought it should have been against Vietnam. United States is on

to the knockout round that game just ended a few minutes ago. But man just by the skin

of their teeth. They were anxious away from their tournament being over in a flash. We

sort of knew the U.S. of course is two time defending champions and this is a historic

run by the squad. But going into the tournament we knew this was a bit of a transition year.

It's sort of the last gasp if you will from some of the stalwarts we've all gotten to know

from the last couple of runs are older now and there's a young and very impressive group

of new players coming through. But it's a time's been a bit of an uneasy mix and you're

right. They frankly haven't looked very good so far. They only beat Vietnam three nothing

when I believe the expectations that can could have been seven eight nine or more and then

a pair of draws and it can't be said enough. If this is a couple inches to the left they

go whole. So they're fortunate to advance here. They've got a couple days off. Hopefully

they get things going in the right direction before the knockout stage. Two time defending

World Cup champions United States women seem looking for a three p. They are on to the knockout

round. As John says maybe something of a reset here now as the next game will be an elimination

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