USA vs Australia Official Lineups, Friday, 19 June 2026, World Cup Group D

Here are the official starting lineups for the USA and Australia on Friday, June 19, 2026. The Group D FIFA World Cup Matchday 2 encounter is set to begin at 12:00 PM local time (PT) at Seattle Stadium (Lumen Field) in Seattle, Washington. Following this match, the USA will conclude their Group D games with a match against Türkiye on June 25 at Los Angeles Stadium.

FIFA Ranking:

In the FIFA Men’s World Rankings, the United States is 15th, while Australia is 22nd.

19-06-2026 19:00

Matchday 2

Lumen Field

USA

Australia

2 - 0

Group D

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points	For	Against	Current form	Next Match
1	USA	2	2	0	0	5	6	6	1	WW???
2	Australia	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	WL???
3	Turkey	1	0	0	1	-2	0	0	2	L????
4	Paraguay	1	0	0	1	-3	0	1	4	L????

 

Knockout

 

Possible knockout

2 Serie A players called up for   🇺🇸  the United States National team World Cup 2026:

• Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie
• AC Milan forward Christian Pulisic

1 Serie A players called up for  🇦🇺     the Australia National team:

• Sassuolo defender Cristian Volpato

🇺🇸  USA Starting XI: Freese; Freeman, Richards, Ream, A. Robinson; Tillman, Adams, McKennie; Dest, Balogun, Pepi.

Subs: Turner (GK), Brady (GK), Trusty, M. Robinson, Arfstein, McKenzie, Scally, Reyna, Berhalter, Roldan, Aaronson, Wright, Weah, Zendejas.

Head Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

Please note: Milan’s Christian Pulisic is sidelined due to an injury.

Australia Starting XI: Beach; Italiano, Circati, Souttar, Burgess, Bos; Leckie, O’Neill, Okon-Engstler, Velupillay; Touré.

Subs: Ryan (GK), Izzo (GK), Degenek, Geria, Trewin, Behich, Herrington, Metcalfe, Devlin, Irvine, Hrustić, Mabil, Irankunda, Volpato, Yengi.

Head Coach: Tony Popovic.

USA

Australia

Starting lineups

24

Matt Freese

Goalkeeper

16

Alex Freeman

Defender

5

Antonee Robinson

Defender

81'

3

Chris Richards

Defender

2

Sergiño Dest

Defender

81'

13

Tim Ream

Defender

17

Malik Tillman

Midfielder

4

Tyler Adams

Midfielder

8

Weston McKennie

Midfielder

90'

20

Folarin Balogun

Attacker

90'

9

Ricardo Pepi

Attacker

74'

18

Patrick Beach

Goalkeeper

3

Alessandro Circati

Defender

21

Cameron Burgess

Defender

46'

19

Harry Souttar

Defender

4

Jacob Italiano

Defender

5

Jordan Bos

Defender

13

Aiden O’Neill

Midfielder

24

Paul Okon-Engstler

Midfielder

78'

7

Mathew Leckie

Attacker

61'

9

Mohamed Toure

Attacker

46'

23

Nishan Velupillay

Attacker

46'

Substitutes

21

Timothy Weah

Attacker

12

Miles Robinson

Defender

15

Cristian Roldán

Midfielder

1

Matt Turner

Goalkeeper

22

Mark McKenzie

Defender

11

Brenden Aaronson

Attacker

25

Chris Brady

Goalkeeper

26

Álex Zendejas

Attacker

18

Max Arfsten

Attacker

14

Sebastian Berhalter

Midfielder

74'

6

Auston Trusty

Defender

81'

23

Joe Scally

Defender

81'

7

Giovanni Reyna

Midfielder

90'

19

Haji Wright

Attacker

90'

10

Ajdin Hrustic

Midfielder

1

Mathew Ryan

Goalkeeper

2

Milos Degenek

Defender

14

Cammy Devlin

Midfielder

16

Aziz Behich

Defender

11

Awer Mabil

Attacker

26

Tete Yengi

Attacker

12

Paul Izzo

Goalkeeper

15

Kai Trewin

Defender

25

Lucas Herrington

Defender

17

Nestory Irankunda

Attacker

46'

8

Connor Metcalfe

Midfielder

46'

6

Jason Geria

Defender

46'

20

Cristian Volpato

Midfielder

61'

22

Jackson Irvine

Midfielder

78'

USA vs Australia Analytics BEFORE the game.

   United States World Cup 2026 Squad: 

• Goalkeepers:  Chris Brady (Chicago Fire), Matt Freese (New York City FC), Matt Turner (New England Revolution)
• Defenders: Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew), Sergino Dest (PSV), Alex Freeman (Villarreal), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Auston Trusty (Celtic)
• Midfielders: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United), Tyler Adams (AFC Bournemouth), Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders), Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen), Alejandro Zendejas (Club América)
• Forwards: Folarin Balogun (AS Monaco), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven), Haji Wright (Coventry City), Gio Reyna (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), Tim Weah (Marseille).

   Australia World Cup 2026 Squad:

• Goalkeepers: Ryan (Levante), Izzo (Randers), Beach (Melbourne City)
• Defenders: Behich (Melbourne City), Bos (Feynoord), Burgess (Swansea City), Circati (Parma), Degenek (APOEL), Geria (Albirex Niigata), Herrington (Colorado Rapids), Italiano (Grazer), Souttar (Leicester City), Trewin (New York City)
• Midfielders: Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Hrustic (Heracles Almelo), Irvine (St Pauli), Metcalfe (St Pauli), Okon-Englster (Sydney), O’Neill (New York City)
• Forwards: Irankunda (Watford), Leckie (Melbourne City), Mabil (Castellon), Toure (Norwich City), Velupilly (Melbourne City), Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo), Yengi (Livingston/Machida Zelvia)

Here we go! pic.twitter.com/qSzafoHEFy

— U.S. Soccer Men’s National Team (@USMNT) June 19, 2026

USA official starting lineup against Australia

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Australia official lineup against USA

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🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 pic.twitter.com/Kg5EH7iKxC

— U.S. Soccer Men’s National Team (@USMNT) June 19, 2026

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World Cup Group D Matchday 2

🇺🇸 USA – Australia 🇦🇺

Date: Friday, June 19, 2026
Kickoff Time: 12:00 PM PT (3:00 PM ET)
Venue: Seattle Stadium (Lumen Field)
Seattle, WA

Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Dietz GER
Fourth Official: Katia Garcia MEX
Reserve AR: Sandra Ramirez MEX