Mauricio Pochettino’s side were beaten with the last kick of the game but still advance as group winners

Things could not be going any better for the Stars and Stripes after their first two World Cup group games.

Things could not be going any better for the Stars and Stripes after its first two World Cup group games.

The USMNT topped Group D at the 2026 FIFA World Cup under Mauricio Pochettino, winning its first two group matches for the first time in modern history.

Mauricio Pochettino has some interesting calls to make with progression already secured.

The United States are guaranteed Group D winners while Turkey will definitely finish bottom – yet there is still plenty Pochettino can learn, not least about the fitness of key…

The USA are already through as Group D winners as Mauricio Pochettino’s side look to continue their momentum against eliminated Turkey

The USMNT looks to complete a perfect group stage for the first time.

Kaan Ayhan scored on the final kick of the match, and Turkey beat the United States 3-2 for its only win of the World Cup

Kaan Ayhan scored on the final kick of the match, and Turkey beat the United States 3-2 for its only win of the World Cup

Kaan Ayhan scored on the final kick of the match, and Turkey beat the United States 3-2 for its only win of the World Cup.

The United States and Turkey delivered a dramatic Group D finale, as Kaan Ayhan’s stoppage-time goal secured a 3-2 win for Turkey and brought Team USA’s perfect group-stage run to…

Turkey beat a heavily changed United States 3-2 with a late Kaan Ayhan winner in an action-packed dead-rubber clash that gave the World Cup co-hosts their sternest test so far…

The US now turn their focus to Wednesday's match with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32, while Türkiye head home.

Turkey secured a 3-2 victory over the United States in their final World Cup match, with Kaan Ayhan scoring the winning goal in stoppage time. Despite the Americans already…

USA 2-3 Turkey: Mauricio Pochettino’s side head into the knockouts off the back of a defeat, after Kaan Ahyan scores a last-minute winner for an already-eliminated Turkey

Mauricio Pochettino’s side were beaten with the last kick of the game but still advance as group winners

Despite goals from Auston Trusty and Sebastian Berhalter, the World Cup co-hosts suffer a late 3-2 setback in Los Angeles as Arda Güler inspires Türkiye to a pride-restoring…

The U.S. men’s national team missed out on achieving its first-ever perfect group stage.

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The USMNT fell 3-2 to Turkey on June 25 after a 98th-minute Kaan Ayhan goal, but still topped Group D and will face Bosnia on July 1 at Levi's Stadium.