or maybe not. Berhalter equalizes, 2-2

It's either USMNT defended well or Yilmaz just messed up with the last two chances.

Paraguay v Australia ends in a 0-0 draw.

Australia finish second and progress!

I wish we could have had Australia and Paraguay both doing out and Turkey going through instead.

I had a feeling that Turkey were going to win tonight but I bottled it on the predictor and put a draw (and was about 30 seconds away from getting 5 points for it).

Full time:

Turkiye 3 - 2 USA

This ended up being a pretty even group.

I watched Paraguay Vs Australia and it was clear from very early that both teams were happy to get the 1 point that they needed to qualify and it came to pass in the end. I read an article earlier in the day about these kind of scenarios coming up in the last group matches and how the feeling of jeopardy has gone from the final round of group matches compared to the Qatar World Cup and it was mentioned that the tournament could be expanded to 64 teams to avoid this.

BBC Sport

World Cup 2026: The games that show a 48-team tournament...

Two matches in the final round of group games present the chance for two teams to simply play out a draw to qualify.

Turkey on the other hand decide to turn up now when the pressure is off and the result doesn't matter.

36 minutes ago, Houdini said:

I watched Paraguay Vs Australia and it was clear from very early that both teams were happy to get the 1 point that they needed to qualify and it came to pass in the end. I read an article earlier in the day about these kind of scenarios coming up in the last group matches and how the feeling of jeopardy has gone from the final round of group matches compared to the Qatar World Cup and it was mentioned that the tournament could be expanded to 64 teams to avoid this.

BBC Sport

World Cup 2026: The games that show a 48-team tournament...

Two matches in the final round of group games present the chance for two teams to simply play out a draw to qualify.

I tend to agree, I’m not convinced this structure has worked.

Is 64 teams to many though? I can’t see them going back to 32 either though.

64 is way too excessive. I would be burned out quick

Turkey getting some new tariffs coming their way then.

Expansion to 64 teams would be a joke.

1 minute ago, Mack. said:

Expansion to 64 teams would be a joke.

FIFA will 100% use the clunky permutations we're seeing at this tournament as well as the 'great inclusivity' as a reason to expand to 64.

16 minutes ago, Mack. said:

Expansion to 64 teams would be a joke.

I mean it would almost guarantee that Italy qualify.

11 minutes ago, Paddington James said:

I mean it would almost guarantee that Italy qualify.

Still wouldn't be sure on that. They didn't make the jump from 32 to 48 after all!

Well everyone did say that Turkey could beat the USA - it's just that no-one expected them to lose their first two matches before getting there!

Paraguay v Australia an poor game that was.

14 hours ago, Paddington James said:

I tend to agree, I’m not convinced this structure has worked.

Is 64 teams to many though? I can’t see them going back to 32 either though.

I think 64 teams would be too much. Really 32 is the most ideal number of teams but then the drawback is that new and unusual teams like Cape Verde and Curacao probably wouldn't make it.

4 hours ago, Mack. said:

Paraguay v Australia an poor game that was.

Absolutely, but I’ll take it every day of the week if it means Australia qualify for the next round. 🤣