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2 — 0 Jun 20, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Australia

World Cup Grp. D · Round 2

Venue Seattle Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Referee Felix Zwayer

Attendance 66,925

Player of the Match Alex Freeman 8.5 90' played

Match Events

11' Home ⚽ Cameron Burgess (own goal) — 1-0

16' Away Jordan Bos

32' Away Alessandro Circati

43' Home ⚽ Alex Freeman — 2-0

HT

46' Away ↔ Jason Geria → Cameron Burgess

46' Away ↔ Connor Metcalfe → Nishan Velupillay

46' Away ↔ Nestory Irankunda → Mohamed Touré

56' Home Antonee Robinson

61' Away ↔ Cristian Volpato → Matthew Leckie

74' Home ↔ Sebastian Berhalter → Ricardo Pepi

78' Away ↔ Jackson Irvine → Paul Okon-Engstler

80' Home ↔ Joseph Scally → Sergiño Dest

80' Home ↔ Auston Trusty → Antonee Robinson

89' Away Harry Souttar

89' Home Folarin Balogun

89' Away Jacob Italiano

90 + 3' Home Chris Richards

90 + 6' Home ↔ Haji Wright → Folarin Balogun

90 + 6' Home ↔ Giovanni Reyna → Weston McKennie

FT

Match Stats

62 38

Ball possession

1.08 0.35

Expected goals (xG)

10 5

Total shots

2 2

Shots on target

20 20

Touches in opposition box

2 0

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

444 (85%) 219 (71%)

Accurate passes

3 4

Yellow cards

7 4

Corners

Lineups

USA (3-5-2)

Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

Starting XI

24 Matt Freese 7.9

16 Alex Freeman 8.5

3 Chris Richards 7.6

13 Tim Ream 7.3

2 Sergiño Dest 7.1

8 Weston McKennie 7.8

4 Tyler Adams 7.6

17 Malik Tillman 7.6

5 Antonee Robinson 7.7

9 Ricardo Pepi 6.4

20 Folarin Balogun 6.6

Substitutes

14 Sebastian Berhalter 6.4

6 Auston Trusty 6.2

23 Joseph Scally 6.3

7 Giovanni Reyna

19 Haji Wright

25 Chris Brady

1 Matt Turner

22 Mark McKenzie

12 Miles Robinson

11 Brenden Aaronson

15 Cristian Roldan

18 Max Arfsten

21 Timothy Weah

26 Alex Zendejas

Australia (5-4-1)

Coach: Tony Popovic

Starting XI

18 Patrick Beach 6.4

3 Alessandro Circati 6.9

19 Harry Souttar 5.9

21 Cameron Burgess 4.8

4 Jacob Italiano 6.2

5 Jordan Bos 6.3

7 Matthew Leckie 6.1

13 Aiden O'Neill 7

24 Paul Okon-Engstler 6.6

23 Nishan Velupillay 6.1

9 Mohamed Touré 5.9

Substitutes

6 Jason Geria 6.2

8 Connor Metcalfe 6.4

17 Nestory Irankunda 6.3

20 Cristian Volpato 6.8

22 Jackson Irvine 6.3

1 Mathew Ryan

12 Paul Izzo

16 Aziz Behich

25 Lucas Herrington

2 Milos Degenek

10 Ajdin Hrustic

14 Cameron Devlin

15 Kai Trewin

11 Awer Mabil

26 Tete Yengi