USA vs Wales live: World Cup score, highlights, result from 2022 Group B match with massive implications

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The wait for both teams is over. For one, it’s been eight agonizing years after disappointment in a small Caribbean island led to missing out on the 2018 World Cup. For the other, eight years sounds like a dream after ending a 64-year drought.

The match between the USA men’s national team and Wales essentially qualifies as a playoff to the knockout rounds given many assume that one of the two berths from Group B will go to mighty England.

It means that neither the Americans or Welsh can afford to slip up. The reward for a potential winner is not just three points in the Group B standings, but also the virtual elimination of their direct competitor with matches against England and Iran on the horizon.

The USA returns to the World Cup after missing out in 2018 following an embarrassing qualification elimination. Meanwhile, Wales are making their first World Cup appearance since 1958, as superstar Gareth Bale continues to take the team to new heights after a Euro semifinal finish in 2016 and a Euro 2021 Round of 16 berth.

Bale hasn’t played much club football in recent years due to injury, and in the last four months he’s been plying his trade with American club LAFC, seldom playing but still helping them to their first Major League Soccer title with a heroic performance in the final on November 5.

Sporting News is tracking live scoring updates and highlights for USA vs. Wales at the 2022 World Cup. Follow below for complete results from the Group B match in Qatar.

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USA vs Wales score

  1H 2H Final
USA — — —
Wales — — —

Goals:
None

Projected lineups:

USA (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Turner (GK) — 18-Moore, 3-Zimmerman, 15-Long, 5-Robinson — 8-McKennie, 4-Adams, 6-Musah — 11-Aaronson, 24-Sargent, 10-Pulisic

Wales (3-4-3, right to left): 1-Hennessey (GK) — 5-Mepham, 6-Rodon, 4-B. Davies — 14-C. Roberts, 10-Ramsey, 15-Ampadu, 3-N. Williams — 11-Bale, 13-Moore, 10-James

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USMNT vs Wales live updates, highlights from 2022 World Cup

2 hrs 23 mins from kickoff: The U.S. will go with their white kit in this match, suggesting Wales are likely to with their red getup.

2 hrs 36 mins from kickoff: The U.S. women’s team, four-time winners of the FIFA World Cup, has a message for the United States men before their opening match. Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and others sport an impossibly tiny microphone to send their well wishes!

Seriously though, what’s up with that microphone?

2 hrs 55 mins from kickoff: Mentality is always a big talking point ahead of the World Cup, with so many eyeballs and so much pressure on national teams. The feel of these matches is just much more intense, brought on by the enormous expectations. The U.S. has the second-youngest team in the World Cup field, behind only Ghana, and mentality will be a big part of their successes and failures.

3 hrs 8 mins from kickoff: There are a number of selection issues for Wales in this match. The biggest amongst them is in midfield, where Joe Allen has been ruled out due to injury.

3 hrs 34 mins from kickoff: The other game in Group B has gone final, with England winning a barn-burner 6-2 behind a brace from Bukayo Saka. It certainly puts pressure on the other teams to perform as there is, at this stage, likely only one group winner amongst these four teams.

3 hrs 57 mins from kickoff: The U.S. social team released a really exciting scene setter for fans to enjoy before the first World Cup match. Pressure? What pressure?

4 hrs 18 mins from kickoff: It can be hard to remember how truly large the time differences are. Qatar is three hours ahead of Wales, eight hours ahead of the USA east coast, and 11 hours ahead of the USA west coast. While some in the United States may just be waking up now, its already dark in Qatar! Kickoff of this match will be at 2pm ET, but 10pm local in Qatar!

4 hrs 39 mins from kickoff: England are battering Iran in the other Group B game this morning, with the score 3-0 at halftime. It’s not a wildly unexpected result, but it’s one that opens some eyes as to how the Three Lions could potentially run away with the group.

It makes today’s match between these two teams even more important, as it solidifies just how likely there is to have just one qualification spot between the United States and Wales. 

4 hrs 45 mins from kickoff: USMNT fans will likely be nervous listening to how confident Gareth Bale sounds in his pregame press comments:

5 hrs from kickoff: “Let’s shock them all,” was the message from U.S. President Joe Biden to the team and it was captured on video.

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USA vs Wales lineups, team news

U.S. manager Gregg Berhalter says that both right-back Sergino Dest and central midfielder Weston McKennie are ready to play, but it’s unclear if that will be as starters or subs. If Dest can’t go, the right-back spot will be down to young Joe Scally, veteran DeAndre Yedlin, or the dynamic Shaq Moore. 

Fitness concerns aside, there are three other lineup decisions Berhalter will be making at center forward (Jesus Ferreira or Josh Sargent), right wing (Giovanni Reyna or Tim Weah), and Walker Zimmerman’s parter in central defense (Aaron Long, Tim Ream, or Cameron Carter-Vickers).

USA projected starting 11 (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Matt Turner (GK) — 18-Shaq Moore, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 15-Aaron Long, 5-Antonee Robinson — 8-Weston McKennie, 4-Tyler Adams, 6-Yunus Musah — 11-Brenden Aaronson, 24-Josh Sargent, 10-Christian Pulisic

Wales manager Rob Page can potentially line up Kieffer Moore as a big target center forward, or he can opt for a transition attack based on pure speed. The latter set-up would involve Fulham’s Daniel James and Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson partnering Gareth Bale, who’ll roam about the field instead of sticking to any one position. The 6-foot-5 Moore is potentially a weapon off the bench if Wales are chasing the match and they need to dump balls into the mixer.

Page has already indicated that midfielder Joe Allen likely won’t be fit in time for the match against the USA. He hasn’t played since mid-September due to a hamstring injury.

Wales projected starting 11 (3-4-3, right to left): 1-Wayne Hennessey (GK) — 5-Chris Mepham, 6-Joe Rodon, 4-Ben Davies — 14-Connor Roberts, 10-Aaron Ramsey, 15-Ethan Ampadu, 3-Neco Williams — 11-Gareth Bale, 13-Kieffer Moore, 10-Daniel James

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USA vs Wales live stream, TV channel

It should be an intriguing match at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium as the USA will seek to pressure Wales, while Gareth Bale & Co. look to pounce on the break against a U.S. team that’s undermanned in defense.

Here’s how you can watch all the action in the major global territories.

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  Date Time TV Channel Streaming
USA Monday, Nov. 21 08:00 ET FOX, Telemundo fuboTV, Fox Sports app, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, Peacock 
Canada Monday, Nov. 21 08:00 EST CTV, TSN TSN app
UK Monday, Nov. 21 13:00 GMT ITV, STV, S4C ITVX, STV Player
Australia Tuesday, Nov. 22 00:00 AEDT SBS SBS On Demand
India Monday, Nov. 21 18:30 IST Sports18 Voot, JioTV
Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 22 21:00 HKT Now TV Now TV
Malaysia Tuesday, Nov. 22 21:00 MYT Astro Astro Go
Singapore Tuesday, Nov. 22 21:00 SGT

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 MeWatch, Singtel, StarHub
New Zealand Tuesday, Nov. 22 02:00 NZDT Sky Sport Sky Go

Watch the match on fuboTV in USA:

The Fox broadcast will be available to stream on fuboTV, which is available on a free trial for new users.

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