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SANTA CLARA, Calif. \u2014 Blood pooled near Malik Tillman\u2019s toes as he stood over a free kick Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. midfielder\u2019s boot had been stepped on and split open during the World Cup\u2019s round of 32 match against Bosnia-Herzegovina. The puncture left a hole in his sock between his big and middle toes, where a red stain formed.<\/p>\n

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But the 82nd minute of a knockout game, with the U.S. clinging to a 1-0 lead and down to 10 men after a controversial red card sent off scoring star Folarin Balogun, was not the time for Tillman to focus on the pain. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been dreaming about this game,\u201d Tillman said. \u201cI\u2019ve been dreaming about maybe taking a free kick and scoring a free kick.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Surveying a wall of Bosnian players the height of NBA forwards, he and teammate Antonee Robinson discussed aiming the ball around the wall or under it. With a strike of his pained right foot, Tillman ultimately curved a high-arching shot over the heads of Bosnia\u2019s defenders toward the goal\u2019s near post, where it found the back of the net after deflecting off the goalkeeper\u2019s glove. <\/p>\n

A packed stadium here in California, awash in stars-and-stripes jerseys, erupted in relief.<\/p>\n

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