Belgium 4-1 USA: De Ketelaere brace sends Red Devils into quarter-final against Spain
Belgium beat the United States 4-1 in the World Cup 2026 round of 16 thanks to a Charles De Ketelaere brace, a Hans Vanaken goal following a goalkeeping error, and a late Romelu Lukaku strike. Belgium will face Spain in the quarter-final.
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Match Recap
USA
Belgium- 90'⚽ Goal for Belgium (Romelu Lukaku)
- 90'Substitution: ↑ Haji Wright / ↓ Folarin Balogun. (USA)
- 90'Substitution: ↑ Max Arfsten / ↓ Antonee Robinson. (USA)
- 90'Final score: USA 1 - 4 Belgium
- 89'Substitution: ↑ Axel Witsel / ↓ Nicolas Raskin. (Belgium)
- 89'Substitution: ↑ Alexis Saelemaekers / ↓ Leandro Trossard. (Belgium)
- 72'Substitution: ↑ Ricardo Pepi / ↓ Tyler Adams. (USA)
- 69'Yellow card: Malik Tillman (USA)
- 67'Substitution: ↑ Romelu Lukaku / ↓ Charles De Ketelaere. (Belgium)
- 67'Substitution: ↑ Jérémy Doku / ↓ Dodi Lukébakio. (Belgium)
- 59'Substitution: ↑ Sebastian Berhalter / ↓ Christian Pulisic because of an injury. (USA)
- 57'⚽ Goal for Belgium (Hans Vanaken)
- 45'Second half begins
- 45'Substitution: ↑ Giovanni Reyna / ↓ Sergiño Dest. (USA)
- 45'Half-time
- 45'Half-time
- 35'Yellow card: Weston McKennie (USA)
- 33'⚽ Goal for Belgium (Charles De Ketelaere)
- 31'⚽ Goal for USA (Malik Tillman)
- 21'Substitution: ↑ Hans Vanaken / ↓ Amadou Onana because of an injury. (Belgium)
- 9'⚽ Goal for Belgium (Charles De Ketelaere)
- 0'Kick-off
- 0'Kick-off
Belgium beat the United States 4-1 in the World Cup 2026 round of 16 at Lumen Field in front of 66,925 fans.
Charles De Ketelaere scored a brace (8', 33'), either side of Malik Tillman's deflected free-kick equalizer for the USA (31').
A mistake by goalkeeper Matt Freese let Hans Vanaken make it 3-1 in the second half (57').
Christian Pulisic went off injured (52') and Romelu Lukaku sealed the win late on (90'+3).
Unbeaten in 18 matches, Belgium will face Spain in the quarter-final.
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