Soccer-Pulisic on the bench as U.S., Turkey make wholesale changes


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - United States Training - Great Park Sports Complex, Irvine, California, U.S. - June 24, 2026 Christian Pulisic of the U.S. speaks with the media ahead of training IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Kirby Lee

INGLEWOOD, California, ⁠June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. winger Christian ⁠Pulisic starts on the bench for ‌a Group D match in which the U.S. and Turkey make wholesale changes.

• ​The Americans make nine ⁠changes and Turkey ⁠seven.

• The U.S. retain only Ricardo Pepi ⁠and ‌Weston McKennie in the starting 11 compared with ⁠the match against Australia.

• Matt Turner ​comes ‌in as U.S. goalkeeper, replacing Matt ⁠Freese.

• ​The U.S. are already through to the last 32 as group winners, ⁠while Turkey cannot progress.

Teams:

Turkey: ​Ugurcan Cakir; Zeki Celik, Eren Elmali, Abdulkerim Bardakci, Ozan Kabak; Arda Guler, ⁠Salih Ozcan, Orkun Kokcu, Kenan Yildiz, Baris Alper Yilmaz, Oguz Aydin

United States: Matt Turner; Auston Trusty, Miles ​Robinson, Mark McKenzie, ⁠Joe Scally; Giovanni Reyna, Weston McKennie, ​Sebastian Berhalter;Ricardo Pepi, ‌Brenden Aaronson; Timothy Weah

(Reporting ​by Ed White and Hatem Maher; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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