CONCACAF · Group D
USA
Squad value $416M · #17 of 48 by price
About USA
Population 341.8M
- 'America' comes from the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci — German mapmakers Latinised his name on a 1507 map.
- The first people arrived at least 15,000 years ago, crossing from North Asia by land or along the coast.
- It has had the world's largest economy since around 1890, and still accounts for over a quarter of global output.
- Third in the world in both land area and population, it's also a 'megadiverse' country of wildly varied ecosystems.
- Early compacts like the Mayflower Compact helped set the precedents for representative self-government.
Source: Wikipedia
The Journey
Group D- 1
Los Angeles · SoFi Stadium
Paraguay ·Jun 13 W 4–1
30 m · 70k · fixed · 27°C
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USA 4–1 Paraguay
On home soil the hosts looked the part, and Folarin Balogun was the reason. An own goal settled the nerves at SoFi inside seven minutes, then Balogun struck twice before the break, Pulisic and Tillman supplying. Sixty-five percent of the ball, four goals, and a Gio Reyna finish at the death made it comfortable, even after Mauricio gave Paraguay something to hold. There is a long way to go this summer. But this was a team that played like it intends to be a problem.
Goals 7' D. Bobadilla (o.g.) · 31' F. Balogun · 45' F. Balogun · 73' Mauricio · 90' G. Reyna
xG 1.42–0.54 ·Poss 65% ·Shots 16 (6 on target) ·Corners 3 ·GK saves 1
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Seattle · Lumen Field
Australia ·Jun 19 W 2–0
10 m · 69k · open · 23°C
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USA 2–0 Australia
USA did the unglamorous things well. An own goal handed them the lead inside eleven minutes, and the rest of the night justified the scoreboard — sixty-two percent of the ball, the better of the chances, and Freeman's strike before the interval to make it two. A clean sheet and an expected-goals edge of 1.3 to 0.44 round out a controlled evening. Not one to set pulses racing, but the kind that quietly stacks points.
Goals 11' C. Burgess (OG) · 43' A. Freeman
xG 1.3–0.44 ·Poss 62% ·Shots 10 (2 on target) ·Corners 7 ·GK saves 2
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Los Angeles · SoFi Stadium
at Turkey ·Jun 26 L 2–3
30 m · 70k · fixed · 27°C
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USA 2–3 Turkey
The United States will wonder how they came out of this with nothing. They had eighteen shots, twice fought back from behind — Auston Trusty inside three minutes, Sergino Berhalter just after the hour — and looked, for long spells, the busier team. But Turkey carried the greater threat where it counted, an expected-goals line of 2.01 to 3.21 telling the story of chances that bit harder, and Kaan Ayhan's ninety-eighth-minute strike was the cruellest way to lose it. There is plenty here to build on. None of it will soften a defeat that arrived at the very last.
Goals 3' A. Trusty · 10' A. Guler · 31' B. Yilmaz · 49' S. Berhalter · 90' K. Ayhan
xG 2.01–3.21 ·Poss 52% ·Shots 18
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SF Bay Area · Levi's Stadium
Bosnia and Herzegovina ·Jul 2
5 m · 69k · open · 27°C
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USA 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
The United States did it the hard way and will not care one bit. Folarin Balogun struck on the stroke of half-time, then left his side a man light with a red card on sixty-four — and still they held firm, Malik Tillman settling it on eighty-two. Bosnia had more of the ball and more shots but only 0.25 expected goals to America's 0.92; the hosts defended the lead with ten men and real nerve. Not pretty, thoroughly effective. Into the last sixteen.
Goals 45' F. Balogun · 64' Balogun red · 82' M. Tillman
xG 0.92–0.25 ·Poss 48% ·Shots 8
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Seattle · Lumen Field
Belgium ·Jul 7
10 m · 69k · open · 23°C
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USA 1–4 Belgium
A home World Cup ended in a chastening night in Seattle. The United States had the majority of the ball and even drew level through Malik Tillman, but Belgium were on another plane in front of goal. Charles De Ketelaere's two first-half strikes did the damage; Hans Vanaken and Romelu Lukaku made the margin brutal. Possession counts for nothing when every Belgian opening seems to find the net. The co-hosts bow out four goals to one, a nation that dared to dream left silent.
Goals 9' C. De Ketelaere · 31' M. Tillman · 33' C. De Ketelaere · 57' H. Vanaken · 90+3' R. Lukaku
xG 0.67–2.15 ·Poss 56% ·Shots 7 (2 on target) ·Corners 3 ·GK saves 3
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Belief
On Paper- 6
- 5.94
- #11
- #17
Belief +0.1 · Merit + Finishing
- −0.6 did the underlying play beat the market
- +0.6 did the scoreboard beat the play — conversion, keeping, luck
xG 4.73–4.19 · deserved 5.38 pts
Form & Shape
3-5-2- WWLWL
- 11–8
- 2
- 0
Aggregate form via API-Football. Most-used shape: 3-5-2.
Friendship
Friendship 62Friendship 62 = co-starts + club chemistry +4
- 58
- 14
Friendship blends realized national co-starts with a club-chemistry bonus, so a settled XI and a club-spine squad both score high. Near 100 the total eases so the most-settled squads stay separated rather than all tying out. Gold lines trace the spine: teammates who share a club right now.
The squad
Tap a player for their card · the two numbers are Jornata ratings (0–99): pre-tournament capability and live tournament form · values are Jornata estimates.