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2026 World Cup: June 25

The United States was unable to win its group on home soil. An 88th-minute goal was only enough to rescue a 1-1 tie with Turkey, leaving Turkey first in the group and the USA second. Germany beat Ecuador 1-0 in a winner-take-all match to claim the group E title. Ivory Coast defeated Curacao to give…
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2026 World Cup: June 19

The United States suffered a costly draw after giving up a late equalizer to Australia. They’re still likely to advance and can still win the group, but they’ll have to beat Turkey, which sits atop the group with a pair of wins after defeating Paraguay. Scotland parked the bus and was able to eke out…
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2026 World Cup: June 12

Canada and the United States both needed stoppage time goals in their openers to match their real-life results. Jonathan David scored late for the Canadians to give them a 1-1 tie against Bosnia & Herzgovina (the same score as real life). While the Americans had an easy time of it against Paraguay in reality, here…
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1930 World Cup Semifinals/Final

The four group winners in the replay were the same as real life, giving us the exact same semifinal matchups as 1930: Argentina vs. United States, and Uruguay vs. Yugoslavia. Argentina did its part to match reality, routing the USA. But the host nation, real-life winner Uruguay, didn’t come through to create the same final,…
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1930 World Cup Group 4

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2022 World Cup Group B

England matched its real-life seven points to win Group B. But, a punchless American team couldn’t advance and allowed Iran to take its place. The USA needed a 92nd-minute goal to tie Wales in the opener, then lost 2-0 to England. Needing a two-goal win against Iran in the finale, the USA couldn’t break through…
