{"id":49845,"date":"2026-06-20T05:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=49845"},"modified":"2026-06-20T05:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:53:14","slug":"usa-beat-australia-to-reach-fifa-world-cup-2026-knockout-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/usa-beat-australia-to-reach-fifa-world-cup-2026-knockout-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"USA beat Australia to reach FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Seattle, USA, June 20:<\/strong>\u00a0The United States secured their place in the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 with a convincing 2-0 victory over Australia at Seattle Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The win marked the Americans&#8217; second consecutive triumph of the tournament, following their opening-match victory against Paraguay, and guaranteed their progression from Group D.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts took the lead in the 11th minute through an own goal by Australian defender Cameron Burgess. Attempting to clear a dangerous ball inside the box, Burgess inadvertently sent it into his own net, handing the United States an early advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The USA doubled their lead just before halftime when Alex Freeman found the back of the net in the 43rd minute, giving his side a comfortable cushion heading into the break.<\/p>\n<p>Australia struggled to mount a comeback in the second half as the Americans maintained control and kept a clean sheet to seal a deserved 2-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>With the result, the United States moved to six points from two matches in Group D, becoming one of the first teams to book a spot in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle, USA, June 20:\u00a0The United States secured their place in the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 with a convincing 2-0 victory over Australia at Seattle Stadium. The win marked the Americans&#8217; second consecutive triumph of the tournament, following their opening-match victory against Paraguay, and guaranteed their progression from Group D. The hosts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-49845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news","tag-fifa-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49848,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49845\/revisions\/49848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}