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Iran 0 – USMNT 1, World Cup group B
The United States advanced in 2nd-place in World Cup group B, beating Iran 1-0 at Al Thumama Stadium on Tuesday. Christian Pulisic scored for the USMNT in the 38th minute, injured on the play and eventually subbing out at halftime. The USMNT had a chance to double the lead in first-half stoppage time, but instead Tim Weah’s shot was called for offside. The USMNT plays the Netherlands on Saturday, December 3 at Khalifa International Stadium (10am ET – FOX).
In the other group B game, England beat Wales 3-0 at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium. Marcus Rashford scored for England in the 50th with Phil Foden doubling the lead in the 68th. Rashford scored again in the 68th minute. England will play Senegal on Sunday at Al Bayt Stadium.
Moving to group A, the Netherlands beat Qatar 2-0 to advance in 1st-place. Cody Gakpo put the Netherlands up in the 26th and Frenkie de Jong doubled the lead in the 49th minute. Senegal took 2nd-place with a 2-1 win over Ecuador. Ismaila Sarr converted a Senegal penalty in the 44th with Moises Caicedo equalizing for Ecuador in the 67th. Senegal’s Kalidou Koulibaly scored in the 70th minute.
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Match: United States Men’s National Team vs. IR Iran
Date: November 29, 2022
Competition: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar; Group B
Venue: Al Thumama Stadium; Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 42,127
Kickoff: 2 p.m. ET (10 p.m. local)
Weather: 75 degrees, clear skies
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 0 1
IRN 0 0 0
USA – Christian Pulisic (Sergiño Dest) 38th minute
Lineups:
USA: 1-Matt Turner; 2-Sergiño Dest (18-Shaq Moore, 82), 20-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 13-Tim Ream, 5-Antonee Robinson; 6-Yunus Musah, 4-Tyler Adams (Capt.), 8-Weston McKennie (23-Kellyn Acosta, 65); 21-Tim Weah (3-Walker Zimmerman, 82), 24-Josh Sargent (19-Haji Wright, 77), 10-Christian Pulisic (11-Brenden Aaronson, 46)
Substitutes not used: 12-Ethan Horvath, 25-Sean Johnson, 7-Gio Reyna, 9-Jesús Ferreira, 14-Luca de la Torre, 15-Aaron Long, 16-Jordan Morris, 17-Cristian Roldan, 22-DeAndre Yedlin, 26-Joe Scally
Head Coach: Gregg Berhalter
IRN: 1-Alireza Beiranvand; 23-Ramin Rezaeian, 19-Majid Hosseini, 8-Morteza Pouraliganji, 5-Milad Mohammadi (18-Ali Karimi, 45+3); 21-Ahmad Noorollahi (16-Mehdi Torabi, 71), 6-Saeid Ezatolahi, 3-Ehsan Hajisafi (Capt.) (25-Abolfazl Jalali, 72); 17-Ali Gholizadeh (10-Karim Ansarifard, 77), 20-Sardar Azmoun (14-Saman Ghoddos, 46), 9-Mehdi Taremi
Substitutes not used: 12-Payam Niazmand, 22-Amir Abedzadeh, 24-Hossein Hosseini, 2-Sadegh Moharrami, 4-Shoja Khalilzadeh, 11-Vahid Amiri, 13-Hossein Kanani, 15-Rouzbeh Cheshmi
Head Coach: Carlos Queiroz
Stats Summary: USA / IRN
Shots: 12 / 4
Shots on Goal: 5 / 1
Saves: 1 / 4
Corner Kicks: 5 / 1
Fouls: 10 / 14
Offside: 1 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Tyler Adams (Caution) 43rd minute
IRN – Majid Hosseini (Caution) 77
IRN – Hossein Kanani (Caution) 83
IRN – Abolfazl Jalali (Caution) 90+6
Officials:
Referee: Antonio Mateu (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz (ESP)
4th Official: Kevin Ortega (PER)
VAR: Juan Martinez (ESP)
Assistant VAR: Ricardo De Burgos (ESP)
