USA vs Belgium Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026
by Trystan Pugh ·
Below you can find key stats for USA vs Belgium. From historical trends to player milestones, we have you covered for every match at FIFA World Cup 2026 in USA, Canada & Mexico!
- The USA and Belgium have met twice at the FIFA World Cup: the USA won 3-0 in the group stage of the inaugural 1930 tournament — one of the joint‑first matches in World Cup history — before Belgium claimed a 2-1 extra‑time victory in their round of 16 tie at the 2014 finals. Since that 1930 defeat, Belgium have recorded six straight wins over the USA, including their most recent meeting: a 5-2 friendly victory in Atlanta in March 2026.
- The round of 32 victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina was only the second time that the USA have won a knockout match. The only previous occasion came back in 2002 when they beat Mexico 2-0 in the round of 16.
- The USA ended a 13-match winless run (D6 L7) at the World Cup against European opposition when they defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina – a sequence that had stretched back to a 3-2 group-stage victory over Portugal at the 2002 edition.
- The USA have scored ten goals at FIFA World Cup 2026; in doing so during their round of 32 encounter, they became the first Concacaf team to reach that milestone in a single edition (Canada and Mexico could both also reach the landmark before the USA play this fixture).
- Malik Tillman’s goal to put the USA 2-0 up against Bosnia and Herzegovina was the 50th netted by the USA in FIFA World Cup history.
- The USA have led at half-time in three of their four matches at this year’s World Cup.
- The USA have scored two or more goals in their four matches in the 2026 edition of the tournament, marking the first time they have done so.
- Mauricio Pochettino has led the USA to three victories in the FIFA World Cup – more than any previous US national team head coach.
- This is the first time that the USA have won three fixtures in a single edition of the tournament.
- Belgium have won their last three FIFA World Cup matches against Concacaf opposition, a run that includes their 2-1 extra‑time victory over the USA in the 2014 round of 16 — their only knockout‑stage meeting with a Concacaf team.
- Belgium are undefeated in 17 fixtures (W11 D6) since a 3-1 loss to Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League in March last year.
- Belgium have lost only two of their last 14 World Cup matches (W9 D3).
- Belgium have won five of their last seven World Cup knockout phase matches (L2).
- Thibaut Courtois could become the first Belgian to reach 20 World Cup appearances. He would also be only the third goalkeeper in the history of the competition to get to the landmark, after Manuel Neuer (23) and Hugo Lloris (20).
- USA forward Christian Pulisic is an AC Milan club colleague of Belgium squad members Koni De Winter and Alexis Saelemaekers.
- Antonee Robinson (USA) and Timothy Castagne (Belgium) are both full-backs at English Premier League club Fulham.
- Mauricio Pochettino and Rudi Garcia met as head coaches for the first time in March this year when Belgium defeated the USA 5-2 in an Atlanta friendly, Zeno Debast, Amadou Onana, Charles De Ketelaere (pen) and Dodi Lukébakio (2) scoring for the visitors, Weston McKennie and Patrick Agyemang (not in FWC squad) for the hosts.
