World Cup: Group D: USA vs. Australia, 6/19/2026

[qcal1427]

Australia winning the chant game - that is for sure.

All they have is Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi, there’s literally nothing else

 

[luiginb]

All they have is Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi, there’s literally nothing else

Finish this chant:

"Aussie boys are on a bender..."

 

[qcal1427]

Finish this chant:

"Aussie boys are on a bender..."

Didn’t hear that one once at the stadium in Vancouver …

 

[bluesfan94]

Pulisic out, not ideal

 

[GKJ]

 

[kabidjan18]

Losing to USA minus pulisic. That’s embarrassing.

 

[Tryamw]

Pulisic out, not ideal

Just need to draw should be able to

 

[Edmonton East]

If you don't follow soccer, Pulisic is basically Jack Hughes. Promise, creativity, injuries, and sometimes questionable attitude in all.

 

[elmaco]

If you don't follow soccer, Pulisic is basically Jack Hughes. Promise, creativity, injuries, and sometimes questionable attitude in all.

Jack Hughes is relatively a much bigger star than Pulisic.

 

[robertmac43]

All they have is Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi, there’s literally nothing else

They got far more than that haha. Might want to dig into some of the stuff they floating around.

 

[NyQuil]

Finish this chant:

"Aussie boys are on a bender..."

 

[Edmonton East]

Jack Hughes is relatively a much bigger star than Pulisic.

Maybe in your hockey bubble.....because Pulisic is much more well known than Jack Hughes worldwide....and also in the US pre-Olympics. 8 million followers to 1 million via insta....even post hero Gold and dating McRae.

 

[Summer Rose]

Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free...

Wait a minute, I'm American. Australia's supposed to be the enemy today!

 

[NyQuil]

Maybe in your hockey bubble.....because Pulisic is much more well known than Jack Hughes worldwide....and also in the US pre-Olympics. 8 million followers to 1 million via insta....even post hero Gold and dating McRae.

I think what he means is that Hughes is a better player compared with the top hockey players than Pulisic is compared with the top football players.

That’s what the “relatively” is supposed to mean.

 

[elmaco]

Maybe in your hockey bubble.....because Pulisic is much more well known than Jack Hughes worldwide....and also in the US pre-Olympics. 8 million followers to 1 million via insta....even post hero Gold and dating McRae.

Hughes is much more famous in hockey circles when compared relatively to Pulisic in the football world.

 

[Live in the Now]

I don’t think it matters too much that Pulisic is out. That being said Poch made an assumption here that Australia would not try to win possession so by using Pepi he clearly believes Australia will park the bus so much we should just shoot the ball 20-30 times.

 

[Edmonton East]

What he means is that Hughes is a better player compared with the top hockey players than Pulisic is compared with the top football players.

That’s what the “relatively” is supposed to mean.

Fair I guess. But even that gets dicey because we are talking about USA teams. Jack was a 3rd liner on team USA. Meanwhile Pulisic is the face and single well known star of US Soccer (right or wrong).

 

[BMOK33]

I don’t think it matters too much that Pulisic is out. That being said Poch made an assumption here that Australia would not try to win possession so by using Pepi he clearly believes Australia will park the bus so much we should just shoot the ball 20-30 times.

The betting lines didn’t move much at all which is likely pretty telling most don’t think it moved the needle a ton

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Pepi has never been good when I watch him

 

[Summer Rose]

Fair I guess. But even that gets dicey because we are talking about USA teams. Jack was a 3rd liner on team USA. Meanwhile Pulisic is the face and single well known star of US Soccer (right or wrong).

In fairness, the US men's hockey team is also the reigning Olympic gold medalist. The men's soccer team last won a World Cup in...

... yeah. We haven't. Or come very close in any tournament that's remotely relevant to this year's tournament (3rd/4th/tied for 3rd nearly a hundred years ago means basically jack shit when it comes to 2026).

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

I don’t think it matters too much that Pulisic is out. That being said Poch made an assumption here that Australia would not try to win possession so by using Pepi he clearly believes Australia will park the bus so much we should just shoot the ball 20-30 times.

I think it's mostly going to come down to whether the pace of the Aussie attack gives our iffy backline issues. I rate Robinson and Dest generally more significant to our overall attack than Pulisic, so him being out isn't the end of the world.

Pepi has kind of been trash since that one Gold Cup/qualifying cycle, I'm surprised he didn't go with Reyna or somebody else. But it gives a big body for those defenders to deal with.

 

[Summer Rose]

I think it's mostly going to come down to whether the pace of the Aussie attack gives our iffy backline issues. I rate Robinson and Dest generally more significant to our overall attack than Pulisic, so him being out isn't the end of the world.

I think it's pretty reasonably clear that if we don't win it'll be because there's a conspiracy of biased officiating against us and there's no way it'll be anything other than a win if the match is officiated fairly.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

I think it's pretty reasonably clear that if we don't win it'll be because there's a conspiracy of biased officiating against us and there's no way it'll be anything other than a win if the match is officiated fairly.

Jesse Marsch will say it's because we don't have enough guys that sing the anthem.

 

[Summer Rose]

Jesse Marsch will say it's because we don't have enough guys that sing the anthem.

On a side note, every time I see you post, I get Gustav Holst stuck in my head because of your username.

 

[Live in the Now]

I think it's mostly going to come down to whether the pace of the Aussie attack gives our iffy backline issues. I rate Robinson and Dest generally more significant to our overall attack than Pulisic, so him being out isn't the end of the world.

Australia’s coach did a Pep and benched those players so they could set an even lower block.