Turkiye vs USA Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• The head‑to‑head record between Turkiye and the USA is perfectly balanced: two wins each and one draw from five meetings. Their most recent encounter came in June 2025, when Turkiye earned a 2-1 victory in East Hartford. The sides have never faced each other at a FIFA World Cup, but they did meet at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, where Turkiye won 2-1 in the group stage.
• Turkiye’s only other World Cup match against a Concacaf team was a 1-1 draw with Costa Rica in the 2002 group stage.
• This is the first time that Turkiye have opened a FIFA World Cup campaign with successive losses.
• Turkiye won at least one match in their previous two World Cup participations.
• The USA are winless in their last 12 World Cup matches against European teams (D6 L6) – since a 3-2 victory against Portugal in the 2002 group stage.
• The USA have now qualified for the knockout stages in four successive World Cup participations.
• The USA have lost only one of their last 11 FIFA World Cup group stage matches (W5 D5) and are currently unbeaten in five (W3 D2), winning each of their last three.
• The USA have started a World Cup campaign with back-to-back wins for the first time since the inaugural edition in 1930 and are now aiming to win three successive matches in the competition for the first time.
• The USA’s tally of six goals is their highest in a FIFA World Cup group stage since 1930, when they also scored six in just two matches. They are now one goal away from equalling their all‑time tournament record of seven goals in a single edition, a mark set in both 1930 and 2002.
• The USA have completed a World Cup group without losing a match on three occasions (1930, 2010 and 2022)
• Mauricio Pochettino is now tied for the most FIFA World Cup wins by a USA head coach, with his two victories matching the tallies of Bob Millar (1930) and Bruce Arena (2002).
• Turkiye’s Kenan Yıldız and the USA’s Weston McKennie have played together at Juventus since 2023.