Inglewood, California —
The US got off to the best possible start in its third match of the 2026 World Cup, scoring the game’s opening goal in just two minutes but Turkey has tied things up.
From the moment the match kicked off, the US was on the front foot, earning a corner kick in the opening minute of the match that led to a scramble in the box that nearly ended up with the ball in the back of the net.
It instead led to a second corner from Sebastian Berhalter that fell to Auston Trusy at the far post. The defender had plenty of time to power a shot past the Turkish keeper for the opening goal. It was his first international goal and he peeled off in wild celebration toward the US bench as the heavily pro-USA crowd went bananas.
It didn’t take long for the Turks to even things up, as Arda Güler found himself open in front of American keeper Matt Turner’s goal. Two passes from the Turks unlocked a leaky US defense and left Turner exposed, and Güler made no mistake as he fired the equalizer home just 10 minutes into the match.
