SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Soccer fans filled Manny's Sports Bar to see if the U.S.A Men's National Team would beat Bosnia-Herzegovina and make history - winning their first world cup knock-out match since 2002.
Longtime Supporters and First-Time viewers watched the game together, making the experience more memorable.
"There's always pockets of us, we're always together, so that's the idea of us coming to together to Manny's," Elmin Ejue said.
Ejue and Selvir Begic are Bosnia fans. They've been coming to Manny's for every sporting event. Now, watching their ancestral country, Bosnia-Herzegovina, make history in the world cup means everything.
"It's a dream come true, it's our first time in the knockout stage, and we're playing in the USA where we are born, so it couldn't get better for us," Begic said.
The smiles across Manny's were felt around the room for many fans. For lifelong fan Jean Gomez, he says the experience is unlike any other.
"I think the chants, the yelling, and the screaming are going to be awesome," Gomez said.
That feeling is the same for another USA Fan, Gavin Ferlic. Ferlic has been a soccer fan for fifteen years, but he always comes to Manny's for sporting events.
"I love soccer in general, especially the national team. Such an exciting world cup and hopefully we'll come out with a victory tonight," Ferlic said.
The U.S. Men's team won the match 2-0.