This also gives Poch a chance to get minutes for some more guys who could be important down the stretch in later rounds. The key storyline: Christian Pulisic. I am only playing him from the start if he is 100 percent fit.

Folarin Balogun wants to play and he wants to score. By nature, this is how the best center forwards operate. Particularly ones with optimistic designs on a high finish in the World Cup’s Golden Boot race,

Pulisic missed Friday's 2-0 win over Australia with a calf issue that he picked up in the win over Paraguay the previous week

Turkey's World Cup ended in shocking fashion against Paraguay, and ESPN's Shaka Hislop wasted no time calling out the collapse.

Late in the first half of Paraguay's eventual 1-0 win, Almirón got chippy with Türkiye defender Mert Müldür after a foul. Almirón decided to cover his mouth during the argument, leading to a deeply controversial call: Referee Iván Barton gave Almirón a red card following a VAR review.

All the latest news from the World Cup after Scotland's narrow defeat to Morocco as Turkey are dumped out by Paraguay.