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