{"id":368957,"date":"2026-06-21T07:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/368957\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T07:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:19:22","slug":"usa-defeats-australia-in-world-cup-match-pre-game-post-game-reactions-in-kern-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/368957\/","title":{"rendered":"USA defeats Australia in World Cup match: Pre-game &#038; post-game reactions in Kern County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Team USA defeats Australia in a World Cup match at Seattle Stadium, the temporary name for Lumen Field, 2-0. With the win over Australia, Team USA has clinched a spot in the knockout rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The game kicked off at noon PST on FOX58.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness News was at Bakersfield Beer Co. before, during, and after the game to catch fan reactions.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-watch-party-for-mexico-south-korea-match-celebrates-culture-and-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bakersfield watch party for Mexico-South Korea match celebrates culture and community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the pre-game coverage of the game on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Bakersfieldnow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you been watching the World Cup games? Whether it&#8217;s going to a game, at a watch party, or in your gear,<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/chimein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Chime In <\/a>your photos here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Team USA defeats Australia in a World Cup match at Seattle Stadium, the temporary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-368957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}