United States have got off to a flying start at their home World Cup and are looking to build on it under Mauricio Pochettino.
The Stars and Stripes have become more of a force at the World Cup, qualifying for eight of the last nine tournaments after a spell of nine tournaments without an appearance. They’ve also appeared in four of the last five Concacaf Gold Cup finals, winning two of them.
There are plenty of familiar names at Pochettino’s disposal, with several players making big-money moves to Europe in recent years, but can the Argentine manager find the right mix and lead the USMNT to their best-ever World Cup finish?
The early signs are incredibly promising. After a 4-1 dismantling of Paraguay in their opening match, the hosts followed that up with another three points in a confident 2-0 win over Australia.
USA odds to win the World Cup
It’s been a case of consistency for United States over the past few World Cups, with the Stars and Stripes reaching the round of 16 in each of the last three competitions.
Last time out, at World Cup 2022, it was the Netherlands that proved too strong for them in the first knockout round, running out 3-1 winners.
The co-hosts were priced at around 80/ prior to the tournament, meaning they aren’t viewed as one of the favourites, but after this strong start bookmakers feel they could spring a surprise and have dropped those odds.
USA are now priced at around 40/1 to win the World Cup with most bookmakers.
USA odds to win Group D
United States have become red-hot favourites to top Group D ahead of Turkey, following their dominant victory over Paraguay, who have subsequently fallen to the bottom of the pecking order.
After beating Australia they are now in a very dominant position in the group, although Turkey will still finish top if they win their two remaining games.
USA World Cup top goalscorer odds
United States didn’t appear blessed with the kind of top-level goalscorer that will be spotted towards the top of this particular market. However, Folarin Balogun has quickly fired himself into contention with his brace against Paraguay.
The Monaco forward looked sharp in his team’s opener and, in the end, was disappointed not to be walking away with the match ball. Nevertheless, he will go into the rest of the tournament full of confidence. He’s now 33/1 to become top scorer at the tournament.
