Goals: 0-1 Trusty 3′ (assist: Berhalter), 1-1 G\u00fcler 10′ (assist: Y\u0131lmaz), 2-1 Y\u0131lmaz 31′ (assist: K\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc),\u00a02-2 Berhalter 49′, 3-2 Ayhan 90’+8<\/p>\n
The final group-stage game of Group D at the World Cup brought together T\u00fcrkiye and co-hosts USA in Los Angeles. With the Americans already guaranteed top spot in the group and T\u00fcrkiye eliminated after two consecutive defeats, the match was largely a contest for pride.<\/p>\n
Head coach Vincenzo Montella made considerable changes to his side, with only four players retaining their places from the previous game. USA boss Mauricio Pochettino also rotated heavily, with Weston McKennie and Ricardo Pepi the only players to keep their starting berths from the win over Australia.<\/p>\n
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USA’s Auston Trusty proved a goal threat from set pieces. – Jamie Squire <\/p>\n
Trusty fires USA ahead<\/p>\n
The USA started on the front foot and were rewarded with an early goal. Brenden Aaronson<\/a> had an early shot blocked before Matt Turner<\/a>‘s opposite number was tested by Mark McKenzie<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then, in the third minute, Sebastian Berhalter<\/a> whipped an in-swinging corner from the left towards the far post, where Auston Trusty<\/a> met it and fired a ferocious effort low and hard past U\u011furcan \u00c7ak\u0131r<\/a> to give the hosts the lead.<\/p>\n Goals from Arda G\u00fcler (l.) and Orkun K\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc overturned an early 1-0 deficit. – Alex Grimm <\/p>\n T\u00fcrkiye\u00a0responded with determination. In the 10th minute,\u00a0Arda G\u00fcler<\/a> progressed the ball, played a one-two with Bar\u0131\u015f Alper Y\u0131lmaz<\/a>, and showed composure to finish past Turner and level the scores.<\/p>\n After the hydration break, T\u00fcrkiye grew in confidence and began to find their rhythm. In the 31st minute, G\u00fcler played a perfectly weighted ball into the path of the overlapping Eren Elmal\u0131<\/a>, who fired the ball low across goal for Y\u0131lmaz\u00a0to tap home and give his side the lead.<\/p>\n The USA threatened late in the first half \u2014 McKennie fired from distance and Trusty headed narrowly over from a corner \u2014 but T\u00fcrkiye\u00a0went into the break 2-1 ahead, scoring their first goals of the tournament.<\/p>\n Sebastian Berhalter was one of several new faces in the USA starting line-up. – Jamie Squire <\/p>\n Berhalter levels from the edge<\/p>\n The USA began the second half in control, just as they had the first. In the 49th minute, McKenzie’s long throw was only cleared as far as Berhalter, who arrowed the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box to make it 2-2.<\/p>\n The introduction of\u00a0Christian Puli\u0161i\u0107<\/a> in the 58th minute, replacing Timothy Weah<\/a>, lifted the game to a new level. Puli\u0161i\u0107 forced a save from \u00c7ak\u0131r before his effort struck the right post, with Aaronson unable to convert the rebound.<\/p>\n Ayhan<\/a> came on for K\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc in the 88th minute and, deep into stoppage time, with the game seemingly heading for a draw,\u00a0Can Uzun<\/a>‘s effort was deflected into the path of the former Schalke<\/a> defender, who bundled the ball home from close range in the eighth minute of stoppage time to win it for T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye bowed out of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on a high note after former Schalke defender Kaan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-511744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n![\"App-Clickout](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480_Interactive_EN_RBL.png\"\/)
<\/a>G\u00fcler and Y\u0131lmaz turn the tide<\/p>\n<\/p>\n