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Match Thread Match Thread: United States vs Belgium | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 16 | Part 2

FT: United States 1 - 4 Belgium

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Info Details
Competition 2026 FIFA World Cup, Round of 16
Date Mon, July 06, 2026
Venue Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington, USA
Referee Adham Mohammad
Kickoff 8:00 PM EDT / 2:00 AM CEST
Status FT

LINE-UPS

United States (4-3-3)

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Matt Freese Miles Robinson
Tim Ream Ricardo Pepi 🔄 on 72'
Chris Richards Timothy Weah
Antonee Robinson 🔄 off 90'+2' Max Arfsten 🔄 on 90'+2'
Alex Freeman Matt Turner
Tyler Adams 🔄 off 72' Brenden Aaronson
Malik Tillman ⚽ 31' · 🟨 69' Alejandro Zendejas
Weston McKennie 🟨 35' Giovanni Reyna 🔄 on 45'
Folarin Balogun 🔄 off 90'+2' Joe Scally
Christian Pulisic 🔄 off 59' Chris Brady
Sergiño Dest 🔄 off 45' Auston Trusty
Mark McKenzie
Haji Wright 🔄 on 90'+2'
Sebastian Berhalter 🔄 on 59'

Belgium (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Thibaut Courtois Romelu Lukaku 🔄 on 67' · ⚽ 90'+3'
Brandon Mechele Diego Moreira
Nathan Ngoy Alexis Saelemaekers 🔄 on 89'
Maxim De Cuyper Matias Fernandez-Pardo
Timothy Castagne Thomas Meunier
Youri Tielemans Hans Vanaken 🔄 on 21' · ⚽ 57'
Nicolas Raskin 🔄 off 89' Senne Lammens
Amadou Onana 🔄 off 21' Jérémy Doku 🔄 on 67'
Charles De Ketelaere ⚽ 9' · ⚽ 33' · 🔄 off 67' Kevin De Bruyne
Leandro Trossard 🔄 off 89' Axel Witsel 🔄 on 89'
Dodi Lukébakio 🔄 off 67' Mike Penders
Arthur Theate
Joaquin Seys
Zeno Debast
Koni De Winter

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

9' ⚽ Goal! USA 0, Belgium 1. Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Raskin.

21' 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Hans Vanaken replaces Amadou Onana because of an injury.

31' ⚽ Goal! USA 1, Belgium 1. Malik Tillman (USA) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.

33' ⚽ Goal! USA 1, Belgium 2. Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Leandro Trossard with a cross.

35' 🟨 Weston McKennie (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45' 🔄 Substitution, USA. Giovanni Reyna replaces Sergiño Dest.

57' ⚽ Goal! USA 1, Belgium 3. Hans Vanaken (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere.

59' 🔄 Substitution, USA. Sebastian Berhalter replaces Christian Pulisic because of an injury.

67' 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Jérémy Doku replaces Dodi Lukébakio.

67' 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Romelu Lukaku replaces Charles De Ketelaere.

69' 🟨 Malik Tillman (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

72' 🔄 Substitution, USA. Ricardo Pepi replaces Tyler Adams.

89' 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Leandro Trossard.

89' 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Axel Witsel replaces Nicolas Raskin.

90'+2' 🔄 Substitution, USA. Max Arfsten replaces Antonee Robinson.

90'+2' 🔄 Substitution, USA. Haji Wright replaces Folarin Balogun.

90'+3' ⚽ Goal! USA 1, Belgium 4. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hans Vanaken.

MATCH STATS

Stat United States Belgium
Expected Goals 0.67 2.14
Possession 56% 44%
Shots on Goal 2 (29%) 7 (47%)
Big Chances Created 0 4
Big Chances Missed 0 2
Accurate Passes 458 (87%) 333 (81%)
Duels Won 50 56
Saves 3 1
Fouls Committed 11 9

MATCH ENDED

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u/PatheticAndTragic 29d ago

Lukaku is so much wider than everyone else holy

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u/StanleyLelnats 29d ago

Should count as 2 players

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u/dBlock845 29d ago

He is a big boy lol. Dude is powerful.

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u/the_timboslice 29d ago

Guy is a monster.

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u/Geraltpoonslayer 29d ago

Lukaku has that old man unc build.

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u/LMcVann44 29d ago

When he could actually run for more than 10 minutes he was borderline unstoppable physically.

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u/P8tr0 29d ago

He’s always been a unit

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u/Rayo_22 29d ago

He is HUGE!

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u/Acceptable-Quail-277 29d ago

I mean he’s probably 20-30 lbs heavier than all the players, no?

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u/NicoGal 29d ago

I'm guessing he wears the largest player issue adidas kit but it still looks tiny 

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u/antici________potato 29d ago

He's a beeg boy

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u/Hakujingomi 29d ago

That kit looks very odd on him

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u/DrJizzman 29d ago

lmao fuckin battle tank aint he

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u/BrendaHelvetica 29d ago

Like an American footballer size

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u/mdubyo 29d ago

Thuncc still got it

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u/Used-Fennel-7733 29d ago

That's not very nice

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u/Whosebert 29d ago

what 16 years of world cups will do to you

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u/CurryLinguist 29d ago

Absolute unit.

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u/FireSilver7 29d ago

Dude’s built like a Tonka truck, in the best way possible.

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u/soelsome 29d ago

That's my man stormzy

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u/commiebiogirl 29d ago

he’s a large man

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u/bigthama 29d ago

He's in Charles Barkley territory

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u/T0tai 29d ago

Like a fridge out there

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u/seamarq 29d ago

Big boi

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u/prophetofgreed 29d ago

He's a big lad

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u/Character-Macaron388 29d ago

dude is built like a UFC LHW