Missing its playmaking star, and facing an Australian team that had frustrated it only seven months earlier, the U.S. had all the elements for a World Cup letdown Friday. Instead, the U.S. won again, made more history (again) and became among the first teams to secure its place in the tournament’s knockout stage. No Christian Pulisic ? No problem — for now. With Pulisic sidelined by a calf injury , Folarin Balogun replaced his role as a playmaker by running up the pitch’s left side and creating