USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed teams and full line-up, TV channel, live streaming online and stats

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USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed teams and full line-up, TV channel, live streaming online and stats

The USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed their squads for their last 32 match at the 2026 World Cup in San Francisco on Thursday.

The hosts beat Paraguay 4-1 and Australia 2-0 to win Group D before losing 3-2 with a 98th-minute goal to Turkiye.

Winners of the European play-offs, Sergej Barbarez’s team drew 1-1 with Canada, lost 4-1 to Switzerland and beat Qatar 3-1, passing as one of the best third-place teams.

The winners will face the winners of Belgium vs Senegal in the last 16 in Seattle on July 7 (01:00 BST).

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World Cup 2026: USA confirm squad vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

USA starting XI: Freeze; Freeman, Richards, Ream, A. Robinson; Tillman, Adams; Dest, McKennie, Pulisic; The Balogun.

USMNT substitutes: Turner, Brady, Trusty, M. Robinson, Arfsten, Scally, Reyna, Berhalter, Pepi, Aaronson, Wright, Weah, Zendejas.

2026 World Cup: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs USMNT

Bosnia and Herzegovina starting XI: Vasilj; Katic, Radeljic, Muharemovic; Dedic, Gigovic, Sunjic, Kolasinac; Alajbegovic; Dzeko, Demirovic.

Bosnia and Herzegovina instead of: Jurkas, Zlomislic, Mujakic, Hadzikadunic, Malic, Tahirovic, Basic, Memic, Hadziahmetovic, Burnic, Mahmic, Bazdar, Bajraktarevic, Tabakovic, Lukic.

Where to watch USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina: TV channel, live streaming online

Kick-off on Thursday is at 01:00 BST (20:00 ET / 17:00 PT). In the UK, broadcast live on ITV1.

Fans can stream the action via the ITV website and the ITVX app, available on a range of devices for viewing on the go.

Soccer player Edin Dzeko celebrates scoring a goal for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national soccer team. The striker stretches his arms and opens his mouth in the stadium under the bright lights and is hugged by two teammates on his left and one on his right as he looks at the crowd. Players wear white shirts with blue trim and blue numbers on the chest

USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina: Statistics for the 2026 World Cup

The USA is playing in the World Cup playoffs for the second time at home, having met Brazil in the last 16 where the USMNT was the only host of the tournament in 1994.
Down 1-0 at the time, they played most of the second half with 10 players in Stanford, California and failed to score.
Defeating Paraguay 4-1 and Australia 2-0 to win their group with a game to go, the USA has won back-to-back World Cup games for the first time since 1930.
In the eight World Cup qualifiers, the USA has lost seven times and scored 22 goals. Their victory came against Mexico in the round of 16 in 2002, winning 2-0 with goals from Brian McBride and Landon Donovan.
The Stars and Stripes are unbeaten in their last three matches (W2 D1) – all friendlies, from 2013 to 2021 – but have won one of their last 21 World Cup matches against European nations (D7 L13) and have won their last 13 games (D6 L7) since defeating Portugal 3-20.
Bosnia and Herzegovina have never kept a clean sheet in their six World Cup matches; no team has played more in the finals except one
They have the tallest team in the tournament, at 6ft 1in, and have scored three goals from corners, the most of any team in a single edition since England scored four in 2018.
In their 3-1 win over Qatar to seal their place in the knockout stages, Bosnia and Herzegovina finished with an expected goals average of 0.68.
Esmir Bajraktarevic was born in the US in 2004 after his family emigrated, fleeing the Bosnian War. The winger has decided to represent his parents’ birthplace despite earning his first international cap for the USA in a friendly against Slovenia in 2024.
Ermin Mahmic scored off the bench in both of his finals appearances with both tries