THE BAY AREA WILL BE THE CENTER of the soccer universe on Wednesday evening, when the United States men’s national team plays a World Cup knockout stage match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Santa Clara.

The San Francisco Bay Area Stadium — the temporary name for the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium — hosts the 5 p.m. match that will see the loser eliminated from the 48-team tournament that runs through July 19. It’s the first World Cup knockout match the U.S. team has played on home soil since the country last hosted the tournament in 1994.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.