USA vs Bosnia-Herzegovina - prediction, team news, lineups | 2026 World Cup

USA volition beryllium hoping that location vantage plays a large portion successful their last-32 clash with Bosnia-Herzegovina astatine the 2026 World Cup connected Wednesday.

The Stars and Stripes finished astatine the apical of Group D to punch a spot to the knockout round, portion Bosnia-Herzegovina precocious arsenic 1 of the champion third-placed finishers astatine the tournament.

Match preview

USA were highly awesome successful their opening 2 matches astatine the 2026 World Cup, beating Paraguay 4-1 and Australia 2-0 successful bid to unafraid their spot successful the last-32 signifier of the tourney with a lucifer to spare.

Mauricio Pochettino's broadside did lose 3-2 to Turkey successful their last group-stage fixture connected June 25, but six points from 3 matches proved to beryllium capable to apical the group, 2 points up of some second-placed Australia and third-placed Paraguay.

The Stars and Stripes reached the semi-finals of the 1930 World Cup, yet finishing third, portion they made the quarter-finals successful 2002, successful summation to last-16 appearances successful 1934, 1994, 2010, 2014 and 2022, truthful their spot astatine this signifier is not a surprise.

USA's reward for beating Bosnia-Herzegovina would beryllium a last-16 clash against either Belgium oregon Senegal, truthful determination is surely a way opening up into the second stages.

These 2 sides person lone locked horns connected 3 erstwhile occasions, each of which person been friendlies, truthful past volition beryllium made connected Wednesday successful their first-ever competitory match.

Bosnia-Herzegovina person mislaid 2 of their erstwhile 3 games against USA, including a 1-0 reverse erstwhile the nationalist teams past locked horns successful December 2021.

The Dragons finished 3rd successful Group B down Switzerland and Canada, but a instrumentality of 4 points from 3 matches proved to beryllium capable to beforehand into the circular of 32.

Sergej Barbarez's squad opened their tourney with a 1-1 gully against Canada, earlier losing 4-1 to Switzerland, but a 3-1 occurrence implicit Qatar connected matchday 3 proved to beryllium crucial, with 4 points capable to unafraid a presumption successful the knockout round.

Bosnia-Herzegovina were knocked retired successful the radical signifier of the 2014 World Cup and past failed to suffice for the 2018 and 2022 editions, truthful their presumption successful the knockout circular of the 2026 tourney represents a immense occurrence story.

This lucifer volition instrumentality spot successful Santa Clara, California, truthful USA person location advantage, but Bosnia-Herzegovina volition surely judge that they are beardown capable to marque this a precise hard duty for the co-hosts.

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Team News

USA request to marque checks on Christian Roldan (muscle), Mark McKenzie (foot) and Auston Trusty (ankle) earlier their last squad for the lucifer tin beryllium confirmed.

However, nary further issues person been reported to immoderate of the nation's cardinal players, with the likes of Sergino Dest, Chris Richards, Antonee Robinson, Tyler Adams, Malik Tillman, Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie each acceptable to beryllium successful the starting side.

Folarin Balogun, who is being backed for a big-money transportation distant from Monaco this summer, has scored doubly astatine the contention frankincense acold and volition again pb the USA line.

As for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Amar Dedic (thigh) is viewed arsenic a uncertainty astatine this signifier of proceedings, but the Dragons are different successful beardown signifier successful presumption of their squad.

Tarik Muharemovic missed the clash with Qatar past clip retired pursuing a reddish paper against Switzerland, but the 23-year-old is backmost for this 1 and should start.

Edin Dzeko has not scored successful his 2 appearances astatine the 2026 World Cup, but the 40-year-old, who has 73 strikes for his state successful total, is successful enactment to diagnostic successful the last 3rd of the tract connected Wednesday.

USA imaginable starting lineup:

Freese; Freeman, Ream, Richards, Robinson; Adams, Tillman; Dest, McKennie, Pulisic; Balogun

Bosnia-Herzegovina imaginable starting lineup:

Vasilj; Dedic, Katic, Muharemovic, Kolasinac; Bajraktarevic, Sunjic, Basic, Alajbegovic; Dzeko, Demirovic

We say: USA 2-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnia-Herzegovina are a tricky outfit and 1 surely susceptible of upsetting the tourney co-hosts successful the circular of 32. However, we judge that location vantage volition yet transportation USA into the last-16 signifier of the competition.

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