Socceroos vs USA 2026 World Cup match thread 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[Quicky]

One for the future - not now - as RIMB said and I noticed in one of the friendlies he drops back and lets players stay on side - needs to keep a straight lime.

I'd play him.

 

[patjennings]

Pat, the thing about Matt is that in 100 or so games, I really struggle to think of a game where he did as well as Beach did in game 1. Was there a WC game when we all went, thank god Maty was in goals?

The thing is that Izzo was the next big thing after 10 saves with one very good and one good save and the rest routine. Same with Beach in the first game. 8 saves - one very good and one good save and the rest routine.

Now can you tell me that in 100 or so games that Maty has not done at least as good in any game. Everyone lauds Schwarzer but at a national team level Maty has delivered very similar results.

So in one sentence you say 100 or so games and in another you laud one game for Beach. Maty delivers week in week out at a high level. Beach has some great games at the ALM level and then has a couple of howlers. Was probably behind the Sydney FC and Auckland keepers in the ALM in the last season. Crtainly not consistent enough to be a locked in starter for the national teams.

 

[patjennings]

I'd play him.

Now only if we had a manager or assistant that were defensive gurus that could teach him to keep a straight line...

Shades of Jason Davidson and Franjic at 2014.

I do think he is the future - but that tendency needs to be coached out of him.

 

[Quicky]

Now only if we had a manager or assistant that were defensive gurus that could teach him to keep a straight line...

Shades of Jason Davidson and Franjic at 2014.

I do think he is the future - but that tendency needs to be coached out of him.

Popovic and Foxe. Greatest defensive minds goin

 

[ClockworkOrange]

The thing is that Izzo was the next big thing after 10 saves with one very good and one good save and the rest routine. Same with Beach in the first game. 8 saves - one very good and one good save and the rest routine.

Now can you tell me that in 100 or so games that Maty has not done at least as good in any game. Everyone lauds Schwarzer but at a national team level Maty has delivered very similar results.

So in one sentence you say 100 or so games and in another you laud one game for Beach. Maty delivers week in week out at a high level. Beach has some great games at the ALM level and then has a couple of howlers. Was probably behind the Sydney FC and Auckland keepers in the ALM in the last season. Crtainly not consistent enough to be a locked in starter for the national teams.

I simply asked if you can remember Maty having a game of that quality? If you can remember Maty making 3 big saves in a match, or even making a match winning save, I am happy to be corrected.

 

[HonestSpursFan]

Burgess has conceded 4 for club and country this season.

Credit @rebelliousfeminist974

List of Cam Burgess own goals this season:

• 8 November 2025: 55th and 81st minute (brace) against his former side Ipswich (4–1 loss at home)
• 19 December 2025: 12th minute against Wrexham (2–1 win at home)
• 19 June 2026: 11th minute against the USA (2–0 loss away)

List of Cam Burgess goals and assists this season:

• 17 August 2026: 68th and 90+7th minute against Forest (3–2 win)

Queue the clip of IShowSpeed roasting Jamie Carragher on CBS Sports for having more own goals than goals in his career.

 

[jas88]

He literally threw the players under the bus, US journalist asked why the atmosphere and nerves of playing in the stadium were any worse than the rose bowl who has 80k? Poppa says "I don't know ask the players"

Dogshit thing to say to a young group.

 

[ClockworkOrange]

The thing is that Izzo was the next big thing after 10 saves with one very good and one good save and the rest routine. Same with Beach in the first game. 8 saves - one very good and one good save and the rest routine.

Now can you tell me that in 100 or so games that Maty has not done at least as good in any game. Everyone lauds Schwarzer but at a national team level Maty has delivered very similar results.

So in one sentence you say 100 or so games and in another you laud one game for Beach. Maty delivers week in week out at a high level. Beach has some great games at the ALM level and then has a couple of howlers. Was probably behind the Sydney FC and Auckland keepers in the ALM in the last season. Crtainly not consistent enough to be a locked in starter for the national teams.

Matt’s last WC match … but drop Beach for goals against US.

Socceroos captain Mathew Ryan makes shocking mistake against Argentina

Socceroos fans have lost it at skipper Mathew Ryan after a costly error by the Aussie goalkeeper gifted Argentinean winger Julian Alvarez the easiest of goals during their Round of 16 clash.

www.dailymail.com

 

[return_to_sender]

Was there a WC game when we all went, thank god Maty was in goals?

Nope

 

[HonestSpursFan]

Burgess next goal

The worst part is that was actually a good header. You could tell me that was intentional and I’d believe it.

 

[Decentric]

Before most continue to excoriate Popa, and the Roo players’ first half performance, consider this.

A recent post I saw valued the teams on Transfer Market, or something similar.

Turkey $750 million
USA $650 million
Paraguay $250 million
Aus $127 million.

Overseas club coaches and player agents have consistently valued our players much lower than our opponents in the WC.

I don’t mean Aus should give up, but ask yourselves, is there any possibility your expectations are too high, given the relative monetary value of Socceroos compared to the other 3 teams?

 

[Hounddog]

Before most continue to excoriate Popa, and the Roo players’ first half performance, consider this.

A recent post I saw valued the teams on Transfer Market, or something similar.

Turkey $750 million
USA $650 million
Paraguay $250 million
Aus $127 million.

Overseas club coaches and player agents have consistently valued our players much lower than our opponents in the WC.

On form Turkish players are overpaid, but you can tell they are class players.

Putting the ball into the net is the hardest part of the game.

Thie highest paid player for Paraguay is probably the guy suspended for our game.

 

[dr. bellows]

Before most continue to excoriate Popa, and the Roo players’ first half performance, consider this.

A recent post I saw valued the teams on Transfer Market, or something similar.

Turkey $750 million
USA $650 million
Paraguay $250 million
Aus $127 million.

Overseas club coaches and player agents have consistently valued our players much lower than our opponents in the WC.

I don’t mean Aus should give up, but ask yourselves, is there any possibility your expectations are too high, given the relative monetary value of Socceroos compared to the other 3 teams?

Plus Poch is a world-class manager.

 

[Villa Dan]

Nish is better defensively and more disciplined than Iran.yeah while

Leckie - 3 WCs under his belt. Put on for the first 45 mins to negate a US team with a massive home crowd. In previous carnations, Leckie has been a superb defensive, immensely strong player when the other team have the ball.

And you drop both goal scoring players that's baffling in itself in any sport and promote 2 players who struggled in the domestic league

 

[patjennings]

Matt’s last WC match … but drop Beach for goals against US.

Socceroos captain Mathew Ryan makes shocking mistake against Argentina

Socceroos fans have lost it at skipper Mathew Ryan after a costly error by the Aussie goalkeeper gifted Argentinean winger Julian Alvarez the easiest of goals during their Round of 16 clash.

www.dailymail.com

You mean after he got us to the last of 16.

 

[Hounddog]

Plus Poch is a world-class manager.

Yep he started the match with perfect tactics, you can tell the US team is well drilled.

If we attract a top class international coach like that they don't stay long.

Former Australian players who are coaches are our best bet.

 

[HonestSpursFan]

The highest paid player for Paraguay is probably the guy suspended for our game.

Not Diego Gómez who plays for Brighton?

I think lacking Prem players puts our market value down. The Prem pays more than any other league cause it’s the most watched sports league on the planet.

 

[HonestSpursFan]

Yep he started the match with perfect tactics, you can tell the US team is well drilled.

If we attract a top class international coach like that they don't stay long.

Former Australian players who are coaches are our best bet.

Or we could go for a foreigner who has no biases. People hated Graham Arnold for being a Sydney FC coach and people hate Tony Popović for being a Melbourne Victory/WSW coach.

They said: “Fuck Arnie, he’s a Smurf”. Now they say: “Fuck Popa, he’s a Vuck and a Westie”. We’re too tribal: a good coach is a good coach but good coaches also don’t have biases.

 

[Villa Dan]

The media is on to it and pundits

 

[patjennings]

Or we could go for a foreigner who has no biases. People hated Graham Arnold for being a Sydney FC coach and people hate Tony Popović for being a Melbourne Victory/WSW coach.

No people are frustrated by Popovic because he is a one-dimensional manager.

People hated Arnie because he was defensive when needed but showed with his tenures with CCMFC and SFC that with the right players he is far from a defensive manager.

Melbourne dominates the digital and print analysis space and so defaults to supporting their own (even if he is a Sydney United player). His tenure in Melbourne and the contraction of football journalists mean that the relationships built there do not question him - whereas Arnie was questioned incessantly.