USMNT beat Australia 2-0 despite Christian Pulisic being out with a calf injury. Danny Parkins and Dax McCarty discuss the monumental win for the USA and ask how far the team can go in the World Cup.

The pain of the penalty shootout is the cruellest fate in football, the individual spotlight on the kickers serving only to embarrass those who fail the sport’s most basic test. Australians understand the stakes well too.

The Paraguay and Australia national teams met in the 2026 World Cup group stage. Recap how the match went with USA TODAY Sports.

Follow along for live World Cup updates all day. Paraguay and Australia go into the last matchday of group play each having beaten Turkey and lost to the United Stat

The United States Men's National Team clinched a knockout stage spot with its second straight World Cup win, beating Australia in Seattle behind an own goal and a header.