USA v Wales, 21 November 2022

Kick-off: 10.00pm local (7.00pm GMT) . FIFA ranking: USA 16, Wales 19 . This was Wales’ first game at the World Cup finals since 1958 in Sweden. Their 64-year absence became the longest gap between a first and second World Cup appearance. . In 1958, Wales' opening game was also a 1-1 draw. The great John Charles scored their goal against Hungary. . Excluding Qatar, of the 31 countries that had qualified for the 2022 World Cup, USA had the biggest population (332million) and Wales (three million) the smallest. . In their 34 games at the World Cup finals, USA had yet to play in a goalless draw; more games without a nil-nil than any other nation. . Gareth Bale scored Wales’ first goal at the World Cup finals since Terry Medwin in the 76th minute of a 2-1 win against Hungary on 17 June 1958 at the Råsunda Stadion in Solna. . Tim Weah – the son of one of Africa’s greatest all-time players, George Weah – became the first player to score against Wales at the World Cup finals since Pele in Brazil’s 1-0 quarter-final victory in Gothenburg in 1958. . Aged 19 years and 358 days, Yunus Musah became the youngest-ever player to start a game for USA at the World Cup finals; previously DaMarcus Beasley against Portugal in Suwon on 5 June 2002 (five months before Yunus was born). . Aged 23 years and 279 days, Tyler Adams became the youngest player to captain the USA at the World Cup finals since Harry Keough against Spain in Curitiba on 25 June 1950 (22 years and 223 days). . Gregg Berhalter became the first man to represent USA as a player and a manager at the World Cup finals. The former Crystal Palace defender played in two games in the 2002 tournament in Korea Republic.