Türkiye Defeats United States 3-2 but United States Advances from Group

The United States men's national team lost 3-2 to Türkiye on June 25 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Kaan Ayhan scored the winner for Türkiye in the eighth minute of stoppage time after the Americans had pulled even at 2-2. Mauricio Pochettino started a heavily rotated side that left Tyler Adams, Folarin Balogun, Antonee Robinson and Chris Richards on the bench because of yellow-card accumulation.

Christian Pulisic entered in the 58th minute, his first action since halftime of the group opener against Paraguay, and the U.S. attack immediately became more fluid after relying on set pieces earlier. "I think tonight is maybe just a half a step back, but again, we know that if we want to beat good teams, we have to play 90 plus minutes of hard football and get results," defender Chris Richards said.

"So for us, we look at the positives from tonight. Obviously, every game's going to have some negatives that you can learn from. " Pochettino stressed the larger picture. "The mood is like we [are going] home tonight and Türkiye is staying," he said.

"I need to [remind] you and everyone that we won the group. " ESPN reported the match result and the postgame comments.