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USA vs. Australia preview: Team news and how to watch World Cup match
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The co-hosts resume their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign looking to build on their thumping opening win and book their place in the knockout stages.
The US put in one of the performances of the tournament so far when they thrashed Paraguay 4-1 last week, getting the country right into the World Cup spirit and daring to dream that they could go deep into the finals if they put in displays like that.
A win against Australia would almost guarantee them top spot in the group and allow World Cup fever to really take hold of the US.
The Socceroos, however, will have the same thoughts, having turned over Turkey in their opener, which was arguably one of the biggest shock results of the first round. They'd now love to upset the hosts in LA.
DAZN News has all the information ahead of USA vs. Australia.
USA vs. Australia kick-off, date, venue
USA vs. Australia is at 12pm local time on Friday, June 19, in Los Angeles.
UK viewers can watch the match at 8pm BST. Fans watching in the US and Canada can catch the game at 3pm ET and 12pm PT.
- Date: Friday, June 19
- Kick-off: 8pm BST / 3pm EDT / 12pm PDT
The fixture will take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
USA vs. Australia: How to watch, live stream, TV channel
- UK: ITV
- US: FS1 / FOX One
- Canada: TSN / CTV / Crave
USA vs. Australia team news
USA
Despite Christian Pulisic going off at half-time in the first game after picking up a knock, he's expected to be fit for the game and Mauricio Pochettino could name an unchanged side.
Previous XI: Freese, Freeman, Richards, Ream, Robinson, Tillman, Adams, Desk, McKennie, Pulisic, Balogun
Australia
After such a stunning victory, the Aussies are likely to make any changes and are expected to field the same XI.
Previous XI: FBeach, Italiano, Circati, Souttar, Burgess, Bos, O'Neil Okon-Engslter, Metcalfe, Irankunda, Toure
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