Türkiye National Team defeated USA, one of the host nations of the tournament, 3-2 in their third and last match in FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D and finished the tournament with 3 points. The match was played at Los Angeles in USA. The goal which led Türkiye to victory came from Arda Güler, Barış Alper Yılmaz and Kaan Ayhan. Auston Trusty and Sebastian Berhalter scored the goals of USA side who got themselves through to the round of 32 as group leaders.

Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, former Minister of Youth and Sports, Member of Parliament for İzmir Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu and TFF Board Members followed the match from the stands.

In the other match of Group D, Paraguay and Australia drew 0-0 at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, also securing their place in the round of 32 with USA.

Stadium: Los Angeles Stadium

Referees: Mustapha Ghorbal, Mokrane Gourari, Abbes Zerhouni (Algeria)

Türkiye: Uğurcan Çakır, Zeki Çelik (84. min. - Çağlar Söyüncü), Ozan Kabak, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, Salih Özcan, Orkun Kökçü (88. min. - Kaan Ayhan), Oğuz Aydın (90+2. min. - Mert Müldür), Kenan Yıldız (84. min. - Can Uzun), Arda Güler, Barış Alper Yılmaz (90+2. min. - İrfan Can Kahveci)

USA: Turner, Trusty, McKenzie, Scally (77. min. - Freeman), Robinson, Reyna (77. min. - Dest), McKennie (86. min. - Tillman), Berhalter, Aaronson (77. min. - Zendejas), Weah (58. min. - Pulisic), Pepi

Goals: Trusty (3. min.), Berhalter (49. min.) (USA); Arda Güler (10. min.), Barış Alper Yılmaz (31. min.), Kaan Ayhan (90+8. min.) (Türkiye)

Yellow Card: Berhalter (19. min.) (USA)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D Standings

Teams P W D L F A P 1.USA 3 2 0 1 8 4 6 2.AUSTRALIA 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3.PARAGUAY 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 4.TÜRKİYE 3 1 0 2 3 5 3