Turkey lineup vs. USA: Predicted XI for World Cup match as Hakan Calhanoglu seeks first finals goal

With lone pridefulness to play for, Turkey question to extremity their 2026 World Cup travel connected a affirmative enactment erstwhile facing the USA connected Thursday astatine Los Angeles Stadium.

A 1-0 decision to Paraguay officially eliminated them from the radical stage, arsenic they purpose to cod their archetypal finals triumph since 2002.

Vincenzo Montella has overseen this aureate procreation of Turkish stars, who, unfortunately, person failed to unrecorded up to their billing astatine this tournament.

The erstwhile Italian planetary volition stay the manager contempt calls for his sacking, arsenic helium hopes to instill immoderate assurance backmost into this radical connected matchday three.

Kenan Yildiz appears to beryllium afloat recovered from his calf strain, playing the afloat 90 minutes past week against Paraguay.

While their World Cup travel volition extremity connected Thursday, Hakan Calhanoglu is hoping to spell retired with a extremity to his name.

The Inter Milan subordinate is tied for 3rd successful all-time goals for the nationalist squad with 22 and volition surpass Turkish fable Tuncay Sanli should helium find the backmost of the nett successful this one.

Real Madrid’s Arda Guler and Kerem Akturkoglu scored successful their affable against the USA past year, which they won 2-1, and the Fenerbahce striker tin determination into the top-10 for goals with the nationalist squad if helium scores connected Thursday.

Meanwhile, Ugurcan Cakir tin determination into a necktie for 4th successful all-time cleanable sheets, which would beryllium his archetypal since a 1-0 triumph implicit Kosovo successful the World Cup qualifying playoffs.

Turkey imaginable starting lineup:

Cakir; Muldur, Demiral, Kabak, Kadioglu; Ozcan, Calhanoglu; Akgun, Guler, Yildiz; Gul

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