{"id":747403,"date":"2026-06-19T20:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747403\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:33:11","slug":"socceroos-v-usa-live-updates-australias-fifa-world-cup-campaign-continues-against-united-states-at-lumen-field-amid-mike-grella-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747403\/","title":{"rendered":"Socceroos v USA LIVE updates: Australia\u2019s FIFA World Cup campaign continues against United States at Lumen Field amid Mike Grella criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a rowdy time for the hundreds of Sydneysiders packed into Enmore\u2019s Golden Barley this morning, but you could hear a pin drop when Cameron Burgess scored the early opener for the USA. <\/p>\n<p>For all the enthusiasm early on &#8211; booing every time US manager Mauricio Pochettino came onto the screen (and a particularly large amount of hate for the military fly over ahead of kick-off) &#8211; a somber feeling has settled on the crowd with possession so much in the US\u2019 favour and a controversial (if you\u2019re asking the fans) call that led to the US\u2019 second goal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fans watch the game at the Golden Barley pub.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6ca34c10e34635fed6ea49dd6d143a839c6fbca5.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Fans watch the game at the Golden Barley pub.Audrey Richardson<\/p>\n<p>One punter threatened to go home early. <\/p>\n<p>But half-time calls for more pints, more party pies and a bathroom break. This Sydney crowd hasn\u2019t given up on their Socceroos yet: there\u2019s still 45 minutes of football and everyone\u2019s new favourite superstar to come, Nestory Irankunda. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take the sound advice of another punter: \u201cIt\u2019s not over yet.\u201d <br \/>Wise words sir, play on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beers at 5am at the Golden Barley.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/837ee8e9a8704a8e1cfc99cbf11d90f1bb5dfc4b.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Beers at 5am at the Golden Barley.Audrey Richardson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a rowdy time for the hundreds of Sydneysiders packed into Enmore\u2019s Golden Barley this morning, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-747403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}