At SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, there is nothing left to play for in the table: the USA are already Group D winners after beating Paraguay 4-1 and Australia 2-0 — back-to-back World Cup group-stage wins for the first time since 1930 — while Türkiye are eliminated. Pochettino is expected to rotate heavily, with Pulisic doubtful and several players on yellows likely rested, handing run-outs to the likes of Pepi and Gio Reyna.

Türkiye are the story here: 62 shots and 13 on target across two games without a single goal, the most attacking volume at the tournament with nothing to show. With Çalhanoğlu, Güler and Yıldız hunting to avoid a goalless exit and the USA fielding a second string, the game should open up. We see the desperation and the volume finally producing a Türkiye goal, but a rotated-yet-talented USA matching them — a 1-1 that fits the dead-rubber, both-teams-rotating profile.