USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann is delighted to be in the World Cup knockouts.
Defeat for Ghana made last night's loss to Germany irrelevant for the US.
"Obviously it is a huge achievement by our team to come through that group and qualify," offered a relieved Klinsmann.
"We knew it was going to be a tricky game and it was not so easy to handle it mentally. We had a little bit too much respect at first.
"I screamed as much as I could at them to push further up but that is easier said than done.
"But whoever we face now, we are going to take it to the them. Now we can put this behind us and, as we know, when the group is done, another tournament starts and that is a whole other ball game."
