{"id":167487,"date":"2026-04-14T07:34:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=167487"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:34:34","slug":"are-turkiye-the-favorites-in-usmnts-2026-world-cup-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=167487","title":{"rendered":"Are T\u00fcrkiye the favorites in USMNT&#8217;s 2026 World Cup Group?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TpQS5rP-mSY?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>T\u00fcrkiye have punched their ticket for the 2026 World Cup, and have landed in Group D, also containing the USMNT. Adam Hunt, Troy Deeney, Mike Grella, and Marco Messina break down a star-studded Turkey roster, and discuss just how the U.S. can overcome what will be a tough challenge. <\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Turkish stars in Serie A, Yildiz, Calhanoglu, Kilicsoy, Celik, Ilkhan<br \/>\n00:48 &#8211; Third match of 2026 World Cup for USMNT<br \/>\n02:12 &#8211; Kenan Yildiz has grown as a player<br \/>\n04:48 &#8211; Hakan Calhanoglu&#8217;s goal scoring ability, crucial on the ball<br \/>\n06:15 &#8211; How does Mauricio Pochettino set up the USMNT to defeat Turkey<\/p>\n<p>Stream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TpQS5rP-mSY\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u00fcrkiye have punched their ticket for the 2026 World Cup, and have landed in Group D, also containing the USMNT. Adam Hunt, Troy Deeney, Mike Grella, and Marco Messina break&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":167488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/167488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}