{"id":714818,"date":"2026-06-20T03:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/714818\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:49:10","slug":"crowds-and-cheers-in-seattle-as-us-wins-its-second-world-cup-match-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/714818\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowds and cheers in Seattle as US wins its second World Cup match 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans turned out in droves for the World Cup match between the United State and Australia<\/a> in Seattle, which the U.S. won 2-0. Many of those who couldn\u2019t get into the stadium packed into nearby Pioneer Square. It was so crowded that people climbed trees and sat around TVs on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/p>\n

In Pioneer Square, Jordan Smith watches the U.S. play Australia in the World Cup on a phone rather than try to fight the crowds. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

One group of guys was watching the game on a phone, which was balanced on an 18-pack of Budweiser with a small speaker nearby.<\/p>\n

The main screen further up \u201cain\u2019t big enough,\u201d said Doug Livas, who lives in North Seattle. Despite the squinting and jockeying for room, he and his friends were in good cheer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m a huge soccer fan,\u201d Livas said. \u201cI’m a Sounders season ticket holder from season one of the MLS, and pretty much the coolest thing I can imagine to have the World Cup here. I rode my bike here from home, and I’ll be telling my grandkids about this.”<\/p>\n

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A soccer fan watches the game from a tree in Pioneer Square. June 19, 2026. <\/p>\n

Mitch Borden \/ KNKX<\/p>\n

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Fans in Pioneer Square celebrate a goal by the U.S. team. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Mitch Borden \/ KNKX<\/p>\n

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A U.S. fan brought his cat to the action. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Mitch Borden \/ KNKX <\/p>\n

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U.S. and Australian fans stream across Pioneer Square after the match. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Mitch Borden \/ KNKX<\/p>\n

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Sarah and Ava Jalali celebrate the U.S. 2-0 win against Australia in Seattle. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Mitch Borden \/ KNKX <\/p>\n

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Jim Cumming and his family were at Pioneer Square to support Team Australia. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Mitch Borden \/ KNKX<\/p>\n

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Crowds of U.S. and Australian fans watched the match in Lumen Field, renamed Seattle Stadium for the World Cup. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Mitch Borden \/ KNKX<\/p>\n

Eighteen-year-old Ava Jalali was thrilled with the win. She and her family had tickets to the game and had traveled from San Francisco to watch it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was electric,\u201d she said. \u201cIt’s filled with USA fans. There’s no similar experience like it when everybody is just chanting really loudly, everybody’s cheering, everybody’s singing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australia’s loss disappointed fans like Ishan Shrestha, who is from Sydney and moved to Seattle a few years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were very excited coming out of the Turkey game, but heading into this, we felt confident,” he said. “Two bad goals at the start of the first half, and then it was kind of downhill from there. But you know, it is what it is. We’re going for the next round, hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it was still an experience to remember for Australia supporters like Jim Cumming.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

People crowded in to watch the final minutes of the match between the U.S. and Australia. June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve lived in Seattle for 35 years waiting for this day. Australia versus U.S.,\u201d he said. \u201cCouldn’t believe it when Australia got drawn to play versus USA in Seattle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other people were looking ahead. Berthenie Beaver, from Haiti, was watching the game to support her husband, a U.S. fan, \u201cbut this afternoon it’s going to be my turn, because Haiti plays,\u201d she said, though Haiti ended up losing 3-0 to Brazil.<\/p>\n

The next match in Seattle<\/a> is on Wednesday between Qatar and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The next game for team USA is against Turkey on Thursday in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans turned out in droves for the World Cup match between the United State and Australia in Seattle,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-714818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}