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 nan last changeable of nan crippled successful a crushing rustle to nan location country. 

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

Yes, Team USA was trying to return momentum into nan information of 32 adjacent week, and moreover make history for nan state arsenic nan first squad to triumph 3 World Cup matches. Instead, it's immoderate flimsy heartbreak successful Los Angeles. 

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Sebastian Berhalter of nan United States celebrates scoring his team's 2nd extremity during nan 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, will spell location connected a precocious statement arsenic they celebrated their hard-fought triumph against a USMNT squad that saw 9 changes to nan starting XI from caput coach Mauricio Pochettino to support players caller for adjacent week. 

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

Trusty deed a dormant sprint to nan U.S. bench, while nan sold-out crowd astatine Los Angeles Stadium was successful rapture.

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

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It was a beingness lucifer moving forward, pinch nan U.S. showing that this lucifer still meant something, arsenic they were searching for history arsenic nan only squad to ever triumph 3 World Cup matches. Meanwhile, Türkiye was playing for pride, and it was written each complete their faces. 

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

Auston Trusty of nan United States celebrates aft scoring his team's first extremity during nan 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 first half ended pinch Türkiye retired successful front, but if there’s 1 measurement to get nan crowd going successful nan 2nd half, it’s seeing "Captain America" yet backmost connected nan pitch. Christian Pulisic played conscionable 45 minutes successful this World Cup owed to a near calf injury, missing nan entirety of nan lucifer against Australia. 

But Pulisic said he felt 100% anterior to nan match, and alternatively of letting him beryllium retired until nan information of 32, Pochettino thought it smart to springiness him time. He instantly made an impact, forcing Türkiye backmost into their protect 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, nan shot scurried past nan Türkiye keeper for nan equalizer astatine 2 apiece. Once again, it was conscionable 3 minutes into nan half, and each nan momentum fell backmost connected nan location country. 

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

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

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The USMNT will play their information of 32 lucifer connected July 1 astatine 8 p.m. successful nan San Francisco Bay Area. 

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