Match report
Turkiye 3-2 USA: Group D Table, USA Still First and Australia Through
Turkiye finished Group D with a late statement rather than a full rescue. The 3-2 win over USA in Los Angeles stopped the Americans' perfect group, but it did not change the top of the section because Australia and Paraguay drew in the other final-day match.
Turkiye vs USA final score
Final score: Turkiye 3, USA 2. FIFA's official live match data confirms the five-goal game from Los Angeles and the result that gave Turkiye a final-day win without a knockout place.
Auston Trusty scored for USA in the third minute, Arda Guler equalized in the 10th, Baris Alper Yilmaz put Turkiye ahead in the 31st, Sebastian Berhalter leveled the match in the 49th, and Kaan Ayhan scored the 90+8' winner.
Available official sources confirmed the scoreline and goal sequence clearly. They did not provide a verified injury update, dismissal or refereeing controversy strong enough to outrank the qualification math.
How the Group D table finished
Group D ends with USA first on six points, Australia second on four, Paraguay third on four, and Turkiye fourth on three. USA still win the group because no other side reached six points, even after the Americans conceded three times in the final match.
Turkiye's win improved the bottom half of the table, but the damage from the first two rounds was too heavy. Three points from three matches left them one step behind Paraguay and one more behind Australia.
The simultaneous 0-0 draw between Paraguay and Australia is what settled the rest of the order. Without that result, USA's loss could have created a much messier first-place conversation.
Qualification picture
USA advance to the round of 32 as Group D winners. Six points and the earlier goal-difference cushion from wins over Paraguay and Australia gave them enough protection to absorb this defeat.
Australia also qualify automatically in second place on four points. Paraguay move into the best-third-place race on four, while Turkiye are eliminated in fourth despite taking the final-day win.
That makes this one of those results where the scoreboard and the bracket tell different stories. Turkiye won the match, but USA and Australia still claimed the direct knockout places.
Key talking points
Ayhan's stoppage-time goal delivered the headline moment because it turned a respectable draw into a real win. Even so, the larger significance was limited by events in the parallel match.
From the American side, the main talking point is not panic but margin. USA had already done enough in the first two games to keep first place available even in defeat, and that earlier work is exactly what saved the group-winning line.
Turkiye leave with proof they could hurt strong opponents, but also with the cost of the earlier results. Beating the group winners on the last day is impressive; starting the night on zero points is what made it too late.