The United States fell 3-2 to T\u00fcrkiye on Thursday at Los Angeles Stadium on Matchday 3 in Group D of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Auston Trusty and Sebastian Berhalter scored for the U.S., while Arda G\u00fcler, Orkun K\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc and Kaan Ayhan tallied for T\u00fcrkiye. The U.S. won Group D with six points while T\u00fcrkiye was eliminated as the last-place finisher with three points.<\/p>\n
The United States took an early lead inside three minutes when Berhalter\u2019s corner kick found Trusty at the back post. The center back for reigning Scottish champions Celtic settled the ball before firing it home at the near post for his first career international goal.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye responded quickly, though, when G\u00fcler combined with Bari\u015f Alper Yilmaz on a loose ball in the 10th minute. Yilmaz slipped a ball into the path of G\u00fcler in front of goal, and the Real Madrid midfielder smashed in the equalizer past Matt Turner.<\/p>\n
The U.S. thought they had taken the lead in the 29th minute when Mark McKenzie cleaned up a save from U\u011furcan \u00c7akir, but it was disallowed for offside.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye doubled its lead in the 31st minute when an excellent piece of team linkup in the final third resulted in a cross from Eren Elmali to the center of the box for K\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc to slot home.<\/p>\n
The Stars and Stripes leveled the match again just after halftime when Berhalter pounced on an attempted clearance off a throw-in. The Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder and son of former U.S. Head Coach Gregg Berhalter hammered a one-timed effort through traffic for his second career international goal.<\/p>\n
Berhalter played Christian Pulisic in behind the T\u00fcrkiye defense in the 62nd minute, and his eventual shot from the end line was blocked by \u00c7akir. Brendan Aaronson had a chance on the rebound, but his effort was scuffed wide.<\/p>\n
One minute later, Pulisic redirected a shot that looked destined to sneak in the net, but \u00c7akir dove to deflect it off the far post.<\/p>\n
Juventus\u2019 Kenan Yildiz was close to putting T\u00fcrkiye ahead in the 72nd minute when he cut the ball inside on the left side of the box, but his curling effort just missed wide.<\/p>\n
Pulisic was inches away from giving the U.S. the lead in the 77th minute when his left-footed shot off a corner kick routine nearly snuck inside the far post.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye found a winner in the eighth minute of stoppage time when Ayhan cleaned up an attempted U.S. clearance at the far post to send T\u00fcrkiye home with a consolation win.<\/p>\n