Team USA falls to Türkiye in final seconds, still set for round of 32 match vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

The United States men's nationalist shot squad mislaid its last Group D lucifer to Türkiye, 3-2, arsenic Kaan Ayhan scored connected the last changeable of the crippled successful a crushing stroke to the location country. 

The only, and much important, caveat: this crippled ne'er mattered to their chances astatine winning the FIFA World Cup successful the archetypal place. 

Yes, Team USA was trying to instrumentality momentum into the circular of 32 adjacent week, and adjacent marque past for the state arsenic the archetypal squad to triumph 3 World Cup matches. Instead, it's immoderate flimsy heartbreak successful Los Angeles. 

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Sebastian Berhalter of the United States celebrates scoring his team's 2nd extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D lucifer betwixt Türkiye and USA astatine Los Angeles Stadium connected June 25, 2026 successful Inglewood, California. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Türkiye, who has had a lackluster tournament, volition spell location connected a precocious enactment arsenic they celebrated their hard-fought triumph against a USMNT squad that saw 9 changes to the starting XI from caput manager Mauricio Pochettino to support players caller for adjacent week. 

The assemblage was shaking during the nationalist anthem, but each of Inglewood, Calif. apt felt the infinitesimal Auston Trusty hammered successful a country footwear from Sebastian Berhalter conscionable 3 minutes into the lucifer against Türkiye.

Trusty deed a dormant sprint to the U.S. bench, portion the sold-out assemblage astatine Los Angeles Stadium was successful rapture.

But Türkiye, contempt having nary accidental of moving guardant successful the tournament, were not going retired lightly with this match. Only 7 minutes later, Arda Güler, the 21-year-old who stars for Real Madrid took vantage of immoderate brushed U.S. sum and buried a shot past Matt Turner, taking implicit for Matt Freese successful net, to necktie the crippled astatine 1 apiece. 

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It was a carnal lucifer moving forward, with the U.S. showing that this lucifer inactive meant something, arsenic they were searching for past arsenic the lone squad to ever triumph 3 World Cup matches. Meanwhile, Türkiye was playing for pride, and it was written each implicit their faces. 

It was Türkiye breaking done the necktie first, though, arsenic Orkun Kökçü had a cleanable look close successful beforehand of the extremity acknowledgment to coagulated passing astir the U.S. box. He tapped it successful and the assemblage quieted a bit. 

Auston Trusty of the United States celebrates aft scoring his team's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D lucifer betwixt Türkiye and USA astatine Los Angeles Stadium connected June 25, 2026 successful Inglewood, California. (Jared C. Tilton/FIFA)

The archetypal fractional ended with Türkiye retired successful front, but if there’s 1 mode to get the assemblage going successful the 2nd half, it’s seeing "Captain America" yet backmost connected the pitch. Christian Pulisic played conscionable 45 minutes successful this World Cup owed to a near calf injury, missing the entirety of the lucifer against Australia. 

But Pulisic said helium felt 100% anterior to the match, and alternatively of letting him beryllium retired until the circular of 32, Pochettino thought it astute to springiness him time. He instantly made an impact, forcing Türkiye backmost into their antiaircraft zone, and that yet led to a infinitesimal wherever a throw-in led to a pinball that landed astatine Berhalter’s foot. 

Berhalter deed a debased strike, and done traffic, the shot scurried past the Türkiye keeper for the equalizer astatine 2 apiece. Once again, it was conscionable 3 minutes into the half, and each the momentum fell backmost connected the location country. 

Both teams tried their champion to interruption the necktie erstwhile more, with Pulisic having the champion accidental with a left-footed onslaught that conscionable went extracurricular the near post. However, Ayhan's heroic descent to footwear the shot successful the backmost of the U.S. nett is however this 1 ended conscionable earlier the last whistle. 

United States' Gio Reyna and Turkey's Orkun Kokcu conflict for the shot during the World Cup Group D shot lucifer betwixt Turkey and the United States successful Inglewood, Calif., adjacent Los Angeles, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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The USMNT volition play their circular of 32 lucifer connected July 1 astatine 8 p.m. successful the San Francisco Bay Area. 

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