World Cup: Group D: USA vs. Turkiye, Paraguay vs. Australia, 6/25/2026

[Sol]

He played like a total smeghead tonight.

This is why I won’t understand the insane conviction Lalas talks about when it comes to Pulisic as if he’s a high end star or something.

 

[Bizz]

whoever #10 on USA is suuuuuuuucks.

 

[Sol]

Zlatan says everything is ok

On the 7th day, Zlatan told God he could rest

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Ouch

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

I know Pulisic is rusty but that was a real bad showing. Had one good shot. But the rest of the time he was just slow, indecisive, and got megged. Yeesh.

Yeah, outside his first couple runs he was sloppy.

 

[qcal1427]

13 fouls and no yellows, let them take a throw in in 8th minute of 7 minutes of stoppage time …

 

[les Habs]

Zlatan says everything is ok

Probably because he doesn’t have dipstick sitting next to him anymore.

 

[Sol]

Yeah, outside his first couple runs he was sloppy.

He was subbed on in the 75th minute and he was slower than everyone else

 

[les Habs]

I will say, I do like the whole “Country Roads” bit.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

This is why I won’t understand the insane conviction Lalas talks about when it comes to Pulisic as if he’s a high end star or something.

Our media seems to feel like we need our own Messi, Ronaldo, errr...LeBron James of soccer, to get people engaged. I think opting for the Miracle on Ice-sum is greater than the parts-is a better angle to run with instead, but...I'm not in media/PR.

 

[Beach Music]

This is why I won’t understand the insane conviction Lalas talks about when it comes to Pulisic as if he’s a high end star or something.

He’s good 10% of the time, bad 10%, average at best 40% of the time and injured the other 40%. Frustrating player.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Country Roads as the U.S. post-match 'fight song' seems kinda weird. Does that make WVU America's Team?

 

[Live in the Now]

Not sure why Türkiye couldn’t advance with this players, and maybe he’s not much of a manager, but never forget Aeroplanino.

The first game they didn't shove Yildiz on until halftime, and by that point they were already down a goal. Then it was pretty clear after that, that they don't have a 9 you can put on the field or use as a focal point. Compounding that issue the fullbacks would rarely overlap. The fans back home blamed a lack of testosterone and maybe the staff did too so they did the same thing the next game against Paraguay.

 

[Sol]

Our media seems to feel like we need our own Messi, Ronaldo, errr...LeBron James of soccer, to get people engaged. I think opting for the Miracle on Ice-sum is greater than the parts is a better angle to run with instead, but...I'm not in media/PR.

I know but we ain’t blind though. Just sets unrealistic expectations from players

 

[GKJ]

This is why I won’t understand the insane conviction Lalas talks about when it comes to Pulisic as if he’s a high end star or something.

Because who is America without someone we can say is the best?

 

[koyvoo]

Would this be a better post match song?

 

[Live in the Now]

What I have to say about this game is that it was good we rotated the team, so to some extent you weigh the result as something that doesn't matter that much. Our team was completely imbalanced towards attack and I think that's fine because it was a meaningless dead rubber. It's not meaningless for the players who played because they were all trying to prove they belong in the team. But what you learn here are a couple things.

1. The backup defenders/backup DM are no good.
2. After this WC, you can't expect those defenders to step up and replace guys like Tim Ream. We have a gaping hole at LCB. You just put them in a pressure scenario against quality and they failed. Players like Tessmann also have to be part of the team.

 

[Bounces R Way]

 

[Osprey]

Hopefully, Pulisic was slow and sloppy because he was going easy on his leg and treating it like a warmup for the knockout stage. It doesn't really excuse it, but I'd rather that be the case than if he were really trying.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Would this be a better post match song?

 

[koyvoo]

Link to his onlyfans?

 

[Brookbank]

Turkey clearly under achieved in the first 2 games. And the US was perhaps a little over confident.

 

[Live in the Now]

Turkey clearly under achieved in the first 2 games. And the US was perhaps a little over confident.

No, the US played their B team and nearly got a result against a team with quality. That's what happened. There is no other point in the history of the US program where that would happen.

 

[Brookbank]

No, the US played their B team and nearly got a result against a team with quality. That's what happened. There is no other point in the history of the US program where that would happen.

Playing your B team against Turkey is over confidence

 

[koyvoo]

Playing your B team against Turkey is over confidence

Not when you have first place in the group locked up before kickoff.