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The United States exited the 2026 World Cup on Monday, losing 4-1 to Belgium in Seattle. Belgium took the lead from a Charles De Ketelaere goal in the 9th. Malik Tillman equalized from a deflected freekick from just outside the area in the 31st. Belgium retook the lead from a De Ketelaere goal in the 33rd and Hans Vanaken scored in the 57th. Romelu Lukaku added a fourth Belgian goal three minutes into stoppage time. Belgium advances to play Spain the quarterfinals on Friday, July 10 in Los Angeles.

Match: United States Men’s National Team vs. Belgium
Date: July 6, 2026 
Competition: 2026 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16
Venue: Seattle Stadium; Seattle Wash.
Attendance: 66,925
Kickoff: 5pm PT 
Weather: 81 degrees, sunny

Scoring Summary 1 2 F
USA 1 0 1
BEL 2 2 4

BEL – Charles De Ketelaere (Nicolas Raskin) 9th minute
USA – Malik Tillman 31
BEL – Charles De Ketelaere (Leandro Trossard) 33
BEL – Hans Vanaken (Charles De Ketelaere) 57
USA – Romelo Lukaku (Hans Vanaken) 90+3′

Lineups:
USA: 24-Matt Freese; 16-Alex Freeman, 3-Chris Richards 13-Tim Ream (Capt.); 5-Antonee Robinson (8-Max Arfsten, 90+2); 8-Weston McKennie, 4-Tyler Adams (9-Ricardo Pepi, 72),17-Malik Tillman, 2-Sergiño Dest (7-Gio Reyna, 45); 10-Christian Pulisic (14-Sebastian Berhalter, 59) 20-Folarin Balogun (19-Haji Wright, 90+2)
Substitutes not used: 1-Matt Turner, 25-Chris Brady, 6-Auston Trusty, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 21-Tim Weah, 22-Mark McKenzie, 23-Joe Scally, 26-Alex Zendejas Head Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

BEL: 1-Thibaut Courtois; 21-Timothy Castagne, 4-Brandon Mechele, 25-Nathan Ngoy, 5-Maxim De Cuyper; 23-Nicolas Raskin (6-Axel Witsel, 89), 24-Amadou Onana (20-Hans Vanaken, 20); 14-Dodi Lukebakio(11-Jeremy Doku, 67), 8-Youri Tielemans (Capt.), 10-Leandro Trossard (22-Alexis Saelemaekers, 89), 17-Charles De Ketelaere (9-Romelu Lukaku, 67)
Substitutes not used: 12-Senne Lammens, 13-Mike Penders; 2-Zeno Debast, 3-Arthur Theate, 7-Kevin De Bruyne, 15-Thomas Meunier, 16-Koni De Winter, 18-Joaquin Seys, 19-Diego Moreira, 26-Matias Fernandez-Pardo Head Coach: Rudi Garcia

Stats Summary: USA / BEL
Shots: 7 / 15
Shots on Goal: 2 / 7
Saves: 3 / 1
Corner Kicks: 3 / 5
Fouls: 11 / 9
Offsides: 0 / 1

Misconduct Summary:
USA – Weston McKennie (Caution) 35th minute
USA – Malik Tillman (Caution) 69

Officials:
Referee: Adham Makhedmee (JOR)
Assistant 1: Mohammad Alkalaf (JOR)
Assistant 2: Ahmad Alroalle (JOR)
Fourth Official: Pierre Atcho (GAB)
Reserve Asst. Referee: Boris Ditsoga (GAB)
VAR 1: Khamis Almarri (QAT)
VAR 2: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
VAR 3: Hernan Mastrangelo (ARG)