{"id":724284,"date":"2026-06-25T02:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724284\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:37:10","slug":"2026-world-cup-odds-back-turkiye-over-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724284\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup Odds: Back T\u00fcrkiye Over United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States takes on T\u00fcrkiye<\/a>, but the USA has already won its group, which changes the outlook of this match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, momentum matters, but the real goal is simple: get through this match unscathed, rotate in fresh legs and give the full-time starters a break before the Round of 32<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also important to note that Antonee Robinson, Folarin Balogun, Tyler Adams and Chris Richards are all sitting on a yellow card, so it would make sense for them to be excused from this matchup to avoid picking up a second yellow and missing the Round of 32 match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Everything has been going great for the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Americans looked dominant in their opener against Paraguay<\/a> and matched that intensity in their second match against Australia. The way this team has played has American fans believing the USMNT is here to stay and a real contender.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the other hand, there are T\u00fcrkiye fans who are disappointed. Their country leads the World Cup in shots taken through two matches, yet has still not scored a goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It has been one of the more disappointing starts to the tournament for a young team that many viewed as a dark horse contender. But this is also the spot where I expect T\u00fcrkiye to show up. The United States has nothing to play for and T\u00fcrkiye has everything to play for, mainly its pride.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is a proud nation, and I have a hard time believing it is going to pack it in against a United States reserve squad.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s asking a lot\u00a0to expect a rotated USMNT side to be fully motivated against a team playing for the pride of a country. So despite how un-American this might feel, I have to take T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n

Whether you like it or not, there has to be some objectivity in this match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye is the only team with something to play for, and it is probably the only team that gives maximum effort from the opening whistle to full-time.<\/p>\n

Hill’s Pick:\u00a0\"United<\/a>\u00a0\"T\u00fcrkiye\"<\/a>\u00a0T\u00fcrkiye +0.5 (-115)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States takes on T\u00fcrkiye, but the USA has already won its group, which changes the outlook…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,2205,113962,15363,3,403,23308,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-724284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-betting","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-gambling","tag-news","tag-soccer","tag-turkiye","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\/724284","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=724284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}