France beat the US in two of their last three meetings this year with one draw.
Like you said they have the home crowd advantage. Tough for the US to overcome.
They barely beat Spain on penalty kicks. They won’t be able to count on that with France.
If they can’t figure out how to break the French by Friday, they’re going to go home, probably with a third place finish in the losers game.
It’s the quarterfinals, they won’t even get to play for Third Place if they lose.