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The United States advanced to the round of 32 on Friday in Seattle, beating Australia 2-0 on the second matchday for World Cup group D. The USMNT took the lead in the 11th minute from an own-goal. Alex Freeman doubled the lead in the 43rd from a goal that was initially called offside but overturned by VAR. USA goalkeeper Matt Freese kept the clean sheet with two saves. The United States will close out group D play on Thursday, June 25, against Turkey in Los Angeles.

Match: United States Men’s National Team vs. Australia
Date: June 19, 2026
Competition: 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage – Group D
Venue: Seattle Stadium; Seattle, Wash
Attendance: 66,925
Kickoff: Noon PT
Weather: 72 degrees, partly sunny

Scoring Summary 1 2 F
USA 2 0 2
AUS 0 0 0

USA – Own Goal (Cameron Burgess) 21st minute
USA – Alex Freeman 43

Lineups:
USA: 24-Matt Freese; 16-Alex Freeman, 3-Chris Richards 13-Tim Ream (Capt.), 5-Antonee Robinson (6-Auston Trusty, 80); 2-Sergiño Dest (23-Joe Scally, 80), 8-Weston McKennie (7-Gio Reyna, 90+6), 4-Tyler Adams, 17-Malik Tillman; 20-Folarin Balogun (19-Haji Wright, 90+6), 9-Ricardo Pepi (14-Sebastian Berhalter, 74)
Substitutes not used: 1-Matt Turner, 25-Chris Brady, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 5-Cristian Roldan, 18-Max Arfsten, 21-Tim Weah, 22-Mark McKenzie, 26-Alex Zendejas
Head Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

AUS: 18-Patrick Beach; 21-Cameron Burgess (6-Jason Geria, 46), 19-Harry Souttar (Capt.), 3-Alessandro Circati, 5-Jordan Bos, 4-Jacob Italiano, 23-Nishan Velupillay (8-Connor Metcalfe, 46), 24-Paul Okon-Engstler (22-Jackson Irvine, 78), 13-Aiden O’Neill, 7-Mathew Leckie (20-Cristian Volpato, 61), 9-Mohamed Touré (17-Nestory Irankunda, 46)
Substitutes not used: 1-Mathew Ryan, 2-Milos Degenek, 10-Ajdin Hrustic, 11-Awer Mabil, 12-Paul Izzo, 14-Cameron Devlin, 15- Kai Trewin, 16-Aziz Behich, 25-Lucas Herrington, 26-Tete Yengi
Head Coach: Anthony Popović

Stats Summary: USA / AUS
Shots: 10 / 5
Shots on Goal: 2 / 2
Saves: 2 / 1
Corner Kicks: 7 / 4
Fouls: 12 / 16
Offsides: 1 / 0

Misconduct Summary
AUS – Jordan Bos (Caution) 16th minute
AUS – Alessandro Circati (Caution) 32
USA – Antonee Robinson (Caution) 56
AUS – Harry Souttar (Caution) 88
AUS – Jacob Italiano (Caution) 89
USA – Folarin Balogun (Caution) 89
USA – Chris Richards (Caution) 90+3

Officials:
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant 1: Robert Kempter (GER)
Assistant 2: Christian Dietz (GER)
Fourth Official: Katia Garcia (MEX)
VAR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
VAR 2: Hamza El Fariq (MAR)
VAR 3: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)