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Soccer-Pulisic on the bench as U.S., Turkey make wholesale changes

By Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2026 | 8:06 PM

INGLEWOOD, California, June 25 (Reuters) – U.S. winger Christian Pulisic starts on the bench ​for a Group D ‌match in which the U.S. and Turkey make wholesale changes.

• The Americans make nine changes ‌and ​Turkey seven.

• ⁠The U.S. retain ⁠only Ricardo Pepi and Weston McKennie in the starting 11 compared with the match ​against Australia.

• Matt Turner comes in as U.S. ⁠goalkeeper, replacing Matt ⁠Freese.

• The U.S. ​are already through to the ​last 32 as group winners, ‌while Turkey cannot progress.

Teams:

Turkey: Ugurcan Cakir; Zeki Celik, Eren Elmali, Abdulkerim Bardakci, Ozan ⁠Kabak; Arda Guler, Salih Ozcan, Orkun Kokcu, Kenan Yildiz, Baris Alper Yilmaz, ⁠Oguz ‌Aydin

United States: Matt ⁠Turner; Auston Trusty, Miles ​Robinson, ‌Mark McKenzie, Joe ​Scally; Giovanni ⁠Reyna, Weston McKennie, Sebastian Berhalter; Ricardo Pepi, Brenden Aaronson; Timothy Weah

(Reporting by Ed White and Hatem Maher; Editing by ​Ken Ferris)