***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

[ianoconnor]

What a terrible clearance attempt

 

[enisthemenace]

Well…****.

 

[dafarmer]

FAFO.

 

[bpmdu]

Extremely questionable defending all night, a hallmark of USMNT over the years

 

[cloneclone]

The US defense is just rough. Only chance to make some noise is to just outscore everyone

 

[BigJCy]

Bad, but maybe it'll be a good thing. Nice reality check for them.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Tonight was a lesson in how not to mark in the box

 

[twojman]

The US defense is just rough. Only chance to make some noise is to just outscore everyone

Yep, even with our normal starters in that is the weakness. They really need to be cohesive as a unit to make up for the lack of talent.

 

[clonechemist]

Just run all offense to the right side of the field. Weah is on the struggle bus tonight. Seems all legit chances are coming from Aaronson and Reyna.

Weah looked terrible all night. Defender was eating his lunch every time

 

[jdoggivjc]

Not going to read too much into the game since we sat so many of our starters, other than that the defense is absolutely a concern.

Might have been a nice reality check going into the knockout rounds - everything came easy to us up until this game, and we've got one of the easier paths in the knockout until at least the quarters. Nice reminder that it's actually not that easy.

 

[cycloneman003]

Shouldn’t attempt to make anything of that game other than who you can trust of your bench.

Weah, Turner, McKenzie were terrible.

Reyna and Aaronson were pretty anonymous.

Thought Berhalter was quite good and Trusty looked the best of a makeshift backline.

Depth is the concern for this team, as expected. They win that game comfortably with the first XI.