MUNDIAL·26

First Stage · Group D · Friday, June 26 · Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles · 70,492 in the stands

kickoff 19:00 local · 19°C · 76% humidity · roofed stadium

Türkiye

10′ Arda GULER (pen)

31′ Baris Alper YILMAZ (pen)

90+8′ Kaan AYHAN (pen)

3:2

USA

3′ Auston TRUSTY (pen)

49′ Sebastian BERHALTER (pen)

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Türkiye3-4-2-1
USA4-3-3
Ugurcan CAKIR6.6Zeki CELIK6.4Eren ELMALI7.1Abdulkerim BARDAKCI6.7Ozan KABAK6.4Salih OZCAN6.9Orkun KOKCU6.5Arda GULER7.3Kenan YILDIZ6.6Baris Alper YILMAZ7.7Oguz AYDIN6.6Matt TURNER5.3Auston TRUSTY7.5Miles ROBINSON7.1Mark McKENZIE6.2Joe SCALLY6.1Giovanni REYNA6.1Weston McKENNIE6.6Sebastian BERHALTER8.7Ricardo PEPI6.6Brenden AARONSON6.3Timothy WEAH6.2
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′TURUSA

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 3′Trusty0.08 xG
  • 10′Güler0.61 xG
  • 31′Yilmaz0.89 xG
  • 49′Berhalter0.05 xG
  • 90+8′Ayhan0.60 xG
TUR 0:0 USA0'kickoff
1' Reyna — xG 0.09 · Blocked2' Trusty — xG 0.11 · Saved3' Trusty — xG 0.08 · Goal10' Güler — xG 0.61 · Goal13' Aaronson — xG 0.08 · Blocked13' Aaronson — xG 0.10 · Saved29' Robinson — xG 0.06 · Missed31' Kökçü — xG 0.59 · Missed31' Yilmaz — xG 0.89 · Goal40' Bardakci — xG 0.06 · Blocked43' Yıldız — xG 0.02 · Blocked45' McKennie — xG 0.02 · Saved45 + 3' Trusty — xG 0.11 · Missed49' Berhalter — xG 0.05 · Goal62' Pulisic — xG 0.08 · Saved62' Aaronson — xG 0.36 · Missed63' Pepi — xG 0.08 · Missed63' Pulisic — xG 0.47 · Saved63' McKennie — xG 0.24 · Blocked66' McKennie — xG 0.04 · Missed72' Yıldız — xG 0.03 · Missed77' Pulisic — xG 0.02 · Missed81' Kökçü — xG 0.04 · Missed90 + 3' Zendejas — xG 0.02 · Blocked90 + 5' Pepi — xG 0.12 · Blocked90 + 8' Uzun — xG 0.21 · Missed90 + 8' Ayhan — xG 0.60 · Goal

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The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

TUR 0:0 USA
1.02.03.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′3' Trusty — GOAL10' Güler — GOAL31' Yilmaz — GOAL49' Berhalter — GOAL90 + 8' Ayhan — GOAL3.052.13

On paper vs as played — formation sheet vs heatmap reality

TUR 3-4-2-1 attack →, ← USA 4-3-3 attack. The teamsheet, as announced.

23Ugurcan CAKIRUgurcan CAKIR2Zeki CELIKZeki CELIK13Eren ELMALIEren ELMALI14Abdulkerim BARDAKCIAbdulkerim BARDAKCI15Ozan KABAKOzan KABAK5Salih OZCANSalih OZCAN6Orkun KOKCUOrkun KOKCU8Arda GULERArda GULER11Kenan YILDIZKenan YILDIZ21Baris Alper YILMAZBaris Alper YILMAZ24Oguz AYDINOguz AYDIN1Matt TURNERMatt TURNER6Auston TRUSTYAuston TRUSTY12Miles ROBINSONMiles ROBINSON22Mark McKENZIEMark McKENZIE23Joe SCALLYJoe SCALLY7Giovanni REYNAGiovanni REYNA8Weston McKENNIEWeston McKENNIE14Sebastian BERHALTERSebastian BERHALTER9Ricardo PEPIRicardo PEPI11Brenden AARONSONBrenden AARONSON21Timothy WEAHTimothy WEAH

The duel — team data, FIFA tracking included

42%
Possession
48%
1.71
Expected goals
1.78
44
Threat
56
8
Shots
18
2
On target
7
353
Passes completed
424
50
Forced turnovers
47
12.2s
Ball recovery time
14.7s
4.9
High-press phases
8.73
11
Fouls committed
11
2
Offsides
5
115 km
Distance covered
128 km
34.8 km/h
Top speed
34.3 km/h

Territory — where each team lived

Every player's heatmap, minutes-weighted and stacked per team. Türkiye attack →, ← USA attack. Brighter is more presence; where the colors meet is the contested ground.

How it happened

  1. 3′Auston TRUSTY (USA) scores!!
  2. 10′Arda GULER (Türkiye) scores!!
  3. 19′Sebastian BERHALTER (USA) is booked by the referee.
  4. 31′Baris Alper YILMAZ (Türkiye) scores!!
  5. 49′Sebastian BERHALTER (USA) scores!!
  6. 58′Christian PULISIC (in) comes off the bench to replace Timothy WEAH (out) (USA)
  7. 76′Sergino DEST (in) comes off the bench to replace Giovanni REYNA (out) (USA)
  8. 76′Alex ZENDEJAS (in) comes off the bench to replace Brenden AARONSON (out) (USA)
  9. 76′Alex FREEMAN (in) comes off the bench to replace Joe SCALLY (out) (USA)
  10. 84′Can UZUN (in) comes off the bench to replace Kenan YILDIZ (out) (Türkiye)
  11. 84′Caglar SOYUNCU (in) comes off the bench to replace Zeki CELIK (out) (Türkiye)
  12. 86′Malik TILLMAN (in) comes off the bench to replace Weston McKENNIE (out) (USA)
  13. 88′Kaan AYHAN (in) comes off the bench to replace Orkun KOKCU (out) (Türkiye)
  14. 90+1′Mert MULDUR (in) comes off the bench to replace Oguz AYDIN (out) (Türkiye)
  15. 90+1′Irfan Can KAHVECI (in) comes off the bench to replace Baris Alper YILMAZ (out) (Türkiye)
  16. 90+8′Kaan AYHAN (Türkiye) scores!!

The morning-after column · AI-written from the match data

Türkiye's Discipline Outlasts USA's Blitz

USA threw a sucker punch in the third minute, converting a low-probability chance (0.08 xG) to stun the home crowd. Türkiye didn't panic. Within seven minutes they levelled through sharper finishing (0.61 xG), then seized control of the midfield. By the 31st minute, Baris Yilmaz's side had taken the lead through a high-quality effort (0.89 xG). USA's press was suffocating—8.7 high-press phases to Türkiye's 4.9—yet they couldn't disrupt the shape. The match became a study in inverse dominance: one team chasing, the other managing.

USA's pressure bore dangerous fruit again at 49 minutes with another improbable finish (0.05 xG). Thereafter they generated 18 shots to Türkiye's eight, seven on target to two, and conjured three big chances in quick succession around the hour mark (0.47, 0.36, 0.24 xG). Yet Berhalter's side found no answer. Türkiye's 12.2-second ball recovery time—a full 2.5 seconds faster than the Americans—allowed them to blunt the press and strike on the break. In stoppage time, when USA's legs had gone, Arda Güler's side sealed it to escape Los Angeles with three points earned through cold, methodical finishing rather than fortune.

USA had more than double Türkiye's shots (18 to 8) and nearly identical expected goals (1.78 to 1.71), yet lost 3-2—a study in chance conversion trumping volume.

31′

Yilmaz's high-quality finish gave Türkiye a 2-1 lead they would not relinquish.

What Türkiye needed

Tactical discipline and sharp finishing overcame American pressure and out-shot opposition.

  • Recovery speed was decisive: 12.2s vs USA's 14.7s killed the high press
  • Clinical finishing: 1.71 xG became three goals; every shot mattered
  • Late mentality: stoppage-time composure proved the margin—USA's press had faded

What USA needed

18 shots and missed big chances cost them; tactical suffocation never became suffocation.

  • Three big chances in 10 minutes (62–63') but 0.47, 0.36, 0.24 xG all wasted
  • High press (8.7 phases) generated possession but no control; 48% ownership but only 7 on target
  • Defensive fragility on transition cost two low-probability goals (0.08, 0.05 xG); Türkiye's press recovery was too quick