FU: US vs Australia

by Mark, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 09:10 (2 days ago)

Anyone going to Friday’s US World Cup match?

One of my roommates from ND has organized a massive crew for the game. 24 seats. There’ll be 4 ND roommates + a bunch of his family including his kids, his brothers and their kids etc. I fly up there tomorrow and am starting to look forward to the adventure.

I saw the prediction markets, after Australia’s opening match, lowered their expectations for total goals scored in the match, which means they are expecting something in the range of a 0-0, 1-0, 1-1, or 2-1 outcome with the US picking up the W or a draw. Knock on wood. It will be huge if the US can lock up a point in this match. Apparently Australia has established a decent defensive back line and with an opportunistic counterattack style of play.

I havent seen Australia play, so I was wondering if anyone had any additional insights in to how the match might play out.