The USMNT faces off against Belgium in the Round of 16, a rematch of their historical encounter in 2014. Paul Tenorio joins Hannah Cash, Jimmy Conrad, and Jaydee Dyer as they preview this matchup, discussing what the USMNT has to do right in order to advance to the quarter finals of the 2026 World Cup.
00:00 USA & Belgium’s World Cup history
00:35 Is Belgium a better opponent for the USA than Senegal?
02:48 Are Belgium the favorites to win this game?
03:21 Who has the edge going into this match?
07:36 Breaking down this matchup
09:13 Folarin Balogun suspended for match
11:32 Is this the biggest game in USMNT history?
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Belagan is back
USA please play Toby Keith Courtesy of the Red White and Blue tonight USA vs Belgium. The best patriotic song ever.
What a song 😀
America has already LOST, cheats, corrupt.
Wether it's today or in the next rounds, the day the US loses is the day the rest of the world wins
Balugan's red card has been canceled after a phonecall from Trump. FIFA is a puppet of the USA so can we really expect a fair game?
Is there a reason the US team plays in fair temperature the entire tournament??????
Can’t buy Belgium!
We need to make sure the IS team doesn’t play on the heat. Like everyone else.
Need to keep them fresh. I guess no more cards against strong teams now. Paraguay was the hired hit. Almost worked. Olise got a yellow. Real shame. Not even contact. Compared to 2 fist punch from the Thugs.
There will always be the red card overturned in this World Cup.
A first. Same basket for FIFA peace price.
Just sad for the US team if they actually win. Big stain!
Keep Balogun out of Ligue 1!! We don’t want him here anymore!!
It is their Waffles vs. our Waffle House
Whole world is rooting for Belgium 😅
FIFA + MAFIA = The Same !!! Balogun have a RED Card.
Rigged Usa
Let's go USA USA
Go Belguim Love from Australia 🇦🇺
“Of all these, the Belgae are the bravest/strongest.”
Julius Caesar
I cant wait till the world cup is over so we can go back to making fun of soccer
Even the orange dumpster will not help you
Belgium is already past their last legs, we're putting them in the dirt Monday
You win a match by overturning career threatening assaults because it was not careless and not unsportsmanlike.
FIFA business decision on Balugan.
Garcia vs Pochettino https://youtube.com/shorts/6v-1C6OJd5k?si=tiAqiM1PQT2pX-3u
If the right belguim shows up they can crush us. But belguim just hasnt been showing up lately. Its thier game to lose.
As a Belgian i see this as a tough game, US in a decent flow Belgium not really and for the USA its a home game with all the support behind them
The Pacific Northwest is second to none with regard to its support of futbol.
As a Belgian i can say none of us are under any illusion that this is an easy win
Belgium has been very inconsistent
You can't combine Defenders/Goalkeeper with this Belgium team. Their goalkeeper is one of the best in the world, and their backline is a liability in transition. Mechele is Belgium's Tim Ream, but without the pedigree. That's probably why everyone still feels like this is a coin flip despite Belgium having more green ticks in the simplified graphic here.
Please don’t forget history for the sake of added drama. The USMNT’s biggest game in modern history was their quarterfinal loss to Germany in 2002 which in the modern VAR game would likely have seen them beat the eventual runner ups and make it to the semis.
"meanwhile we play at such a high level". Meanwhile the high level (Paraguay, who we saw yesterday vs France, we can all agree refused to play football. Australia, not even gonna say anything about that. An already eliminated Turkey, which they lost btw. Bosnia who we were all surprised even got a spot in this tournament. Just shut up.
Typical american talk right here. You guys lost to Belgium 2-5 about 3 months ago. Sure, we havent seen the same level of fire out of Belgium this WC. But alot of that is also due to what opponent they play, what makes you think the matchup against USMNT won't be the same outcome. Soccer is a beautifull game that has alot to do with how your opponent plays the game. We see that very well in The Paraguay vs France matchup. Get a dirty opponent, adapt to it. Maybe Belgium won because the game that USMNT plays, suits their style of football very well. Again very obvious in the Belgium – Senegal matchup. Senegal is leading, they get too comfy and think its done. But it wasn't.
US has not played a decent team yet, the difference will be very clear now