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.
Match Recap
USA
Belgium- 90'⚽ Goal for Belgium (R. Lukaku)
- 90'Substitution: ↑ M. Arfsten / ↓ A. Robinson (USA)
- 90'Substitution: ↑ H. Wright / ↓ F. Balogun (USA)
- 90'Final score: USA 1 - 4 Belgium
- 89'Substitution: ↑ A. Saelemaekers / ↓ L. Trossard (Belgium)
- 89'Substitution: ↑ A. Witsel / ↓ N. Raskin (Belgium)
- 72'Substitution: ↑ R. Pepi / ↓ T. Adams (USA)
- 69'Yellow card: Malik Tillman (USA)
- 67'Substitution: ↑ J. Doku / ↓ D. Lukebakio (Belgium)
- 67'Substitution: ↑ R. Lukaku / ↓ C. De Ketelaere (Belgium)
- 59'Substitution: ↑ S. Berhalter / ↓ C. Pulisic (USA)
- 57'⚽ Goal for Belgium (H. Vanaken)
- 46'Substitution: ↑ G. Reyna / ↓ S. Dest (USA)
- 45'Half-time
- 35'Yellow card: Weston McKennie (USA)
- 33'⚽ Goal for Belgium (C. De Ketelaere)
- 31'⚽ Goal for USA (M. Tillman)
- 21'Substitution: ↑ H. Vanaken / ↓ A. Onana (Belgium)
- 9'⚽ Goal for Belgium (C. De Ketelaere)
- 0'Kick-off
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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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