USA v Belgium, 06 July 2026

Score4-1 to Belgium
RefereeAdham Makhadmeh
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Finals - Round of 16
VenueLumen Field, Seattle WA
Attendance66,925

View USA v Belgium head to head

Kick-off: 5.00pm local . Head to Head Played: 8 USA won: 1 Drawn: 0 Belgium won: 7 USA scored: 9 Belgium scored: 19 . FIFA World Ranking: USA 17th, Belgium 9th . USA’s only win against Belgium was in both nations’ first-ever game at a FIFA World Cup tournament: 3-0 in Montevideo, Uruguay on 13 July 1930.

1 USA

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

4 Belgium

Manager: Rudi Garcia

Goals:

Malik Tillman 31 G

Goals:

Charles De Ketelaere 9 G
Charles De Ketelaere 33 G
Hans Vanaken 57 G
Romelu Lukaku 90+3 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Matt Freese
Defender Tim Ream (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Tyler Adams
Defender/Midfielder Sergiño Dest
Defender/Midfielder Alex Freeman
Defender/Midfielder Chris Richards
Defender/Midfielder Antonee Robinson
Midfielder Weston McKennie
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic
Midfielder/Forward Malik Tillman
Forward Folarin Balogun

Starting lineup:

Thibaut Courtois Goalkeeper
Timothy Castagne Defender
Brandon Mechele Defender
Nathan Ngoy Defender
Maxim De Cuyper Defender/Midfielder
Amadou Onana Defender/Midfielder
Charles De Ketelaere Midfielder
Dodi Lukebakio Midfielder
Nicolas Raskin Midfielder
Youri Tielemans Midfielder (captain)
Leandro Trossard Midfielder

Substitutions:

Gio Reyna for Sergiño Dest 46
Sebastian Berhalter for Christian Pulisic 59
Ricardo Pepi for Tyler Adams 72
Max Arfsten for Antonee Robinson 90+2
Haji Wright for Folarin Balogun 90+2

Substitutions:

Hans Vanaken for Amadou Onana 21
Jérémy Doku for Dodi Lukebakio 67
Romelu Lukaku for Charles De Ketelaere 67
Alexis Saelemaekers for Leandro Trossard 89
Axel Witsel for Nicolas Raskin 89

Cards:

Weston McKennie 35 Y
Malik Tillman 69 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Chris Brady
Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Mark McKenzie
Defender Miles Robinson
Defender Joe Scally
Defender Auston Trusty
Defender/Midfielder Max Arfsten
Midfielder Brenden Aaronson
Midfielder Sebastian Berhalter
Midfielder/Forward Gio Reyna
Midfielder/Forward Haji Wright
Midfielder/Forward Alejandro Zendejas
Forward Ricardo Pepi
Forward Tim Weah

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Senne Lammens
Goalkeeper Mike Penders
Defender Koni De Winter
Defender Zeno Debast
Defender Joaquin Seys
Defender Arthur Theate
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Meunier
Midfielder Alexis Saelemaekers
Midfielder Hans Vanaken
Midfielder Axel Witsel
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Midfielder/Forward Jérémy Doku
Forward Diego Moreira
Forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo
Forward Romelu Lukaku

Comments:

USA had now lost in the Round of 16 in six of their seven appearances at this stage in of a FIFA World Cup tournament: including each of their last four. . This was USMNT’s heaviest defeat in a game at a FIFA World Cup finals since a 5-1 loss to Czechoslovakia at Florence, Italy in 1990. . Folarin Balogun was controversially cleared to play despite being sent off in the previous match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amid allegations of government interference, he had been expected to miss this game before FIFA suspended the ban for a year, invoking Article 27 at a FIFA World Cup match for the first time. . USA named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. Cristian Roldan was deemed not fit enough to participate in this game.

Comments:

Belgium had now reached the Quarter-finals in three of the last four FIFA World Cup tournaments: prior to 2014, they had only progressed to the last eight stage in 1986 in Mexico. . Romelu Lukaku had now become the first-ever player to score in three games in the same edition of a FIFA World Cup finals after coming on as a substitute. . At 33 years and 316 days, Hans Vanaken had now become the oldest-ever goalscorer in a game in the knockout phase of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the Red Devils: previously Romelu Lukaku against Senegal in the Round of 32 at this edition (33 year and 49 days).

1 USA

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

Goals:

Malik Tillman 31 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Matt Freese
Defender Tim Ream (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Tyler Adams
Defender/Midfielder Sergiño Dest
Defender/Midfielder Alex Freeman
Defender/Midfielder Chris Richards
Defender/Midfielder Antonee Robinson
Midfielder Weston McKennie
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic
Midfielder/Forward Malik Tillman
Forward Folarin Balogun

Substitutions:

Gio Reyna for Sergiño Dest 46
Sebastian Berhalter for Christian Pulisic 59
Ricardo Pepi for Tyler Adams 72
Max Arfsten for Antonee Robinson 90+2
Haji Wright for Folarin Balogun 90+2

Cards:

Weston McKennie 35 Y
Malik Tillman 69 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Chris Brady
Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Mark McKenzie
Defender Miles Robinson
Defender Joe Scally
Defender Auston Trusty
Defender/Midfielder Max Arfsten
Midfielder Brenden Aaronson
Midfielder Sebastian Berhalter
Midfielder/Forward Gio Reyna
Midfielder/Forward Haji Wright
Midfielder/Forward Alejandro Zendejas
Forward Ricardo Pepi
Forward Tim Weah

Comments:

USA had now lost in the Round of 16 in six of their seven appearances at this stage in of a FIFA World Cup tournament: including each of their last four. . This was USMNT’s heaviest defeat in a game at a FIFA World Cup finals since a 5-1 loss to Czechoslovakia at Florence, Italy in 1990. . Folarin Balogun was controversially cleared to play despite being sent off in the previous match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amid allegations of government interference, he had been expected to miss this game before FIFA suspended the ban for a year, invoking Article 27 at a FIFA World Cup match for the first time. . USA named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. Cristian Roldan was deemed not fit enough to participate in this game.

4 Belgium

Manager: Rudi Garcia

Goals:

Charles De Ketelaere 9 G
Charles De Ketelaere 33 G
Hans Vanaken 57 G
Romelu Lukaku 90+3 G

Starting lineup:

Thibaut Courtois Goalkeeper
Timothy Castagne Defender
Brandon Mechele Defender
Nathan Ngoy Defender
Maxim De Cuyper Defender/Midfielder
Amadou Onana Defender/Midfielder
Charles De Ketelaere Midfielder
Dodi Lukebakio Midfielder
Nicolas Raskin Midfielder
Youri Tielemans Midfielder (captain)
Leandro Trossard Midfielder

Substitutions:

Hans Vanaken for Amadou Onana 21
Jérémy Doku for Dodi Lukebakio 67
Romelu Lukaku for Charles De Ketelaere 67
Alexis Saelemaekers for Leandro Trossard 89
Axel Witsel for Nicolas Raskin 89

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Senne Lammens
Goalkeeper Mike Penders
Defender Koni De Winter
Defender Zeno Debast
Defender Joaquin Seys
Defender Arthur Theate
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Meunier
Midfielder Alexis Saelemaekers
Midfielder Hans Vanaken
Midfielder Axel Witsel
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Midfielder/Forward Jérémy Doku
Forward Diego Moreira
Forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo
Forward Romelu Lukaku

Comments:

Belgium had now reached the Quarter-finals in three of the last four FIFA World Cup tournaments: prior to 2014, they had only progressed to the last eight stage in 1986 in Mexico. . Romelu Lukaku had now become the first-ever player to score in three games in the same edition of a FIFA World Cup finals after coming on as a substitute. . At 33 years and 316 days, Hans Vanaken had now become the oldest-ever goalscorer in a game in the knockout phase of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the Red Devils: previously Romelu Lukaku against Senegal in the Round of 32 at this edition (33 year and 49 days).