DaMarcus Beasley isn't concerned about USMNT's loss to Turkey

Fri, Jun 26, 2026

DaMarcus Beasley breaks down the USMNT's defeat to Turkey, telling Lori Lindsey and Jon Arnold why he believes there's no reason to panic.

You know, a group stage win, a group win.

But the defeat to Turkey, do you feel like it sours it or do you feel like you can kind of throw that out?

Where are you on the loss to Turkey, Thursday night?

I'll, I'll start with this.

Every, every match, or, you know, every match matters.

Yeah.

As a, as a player, as a competitor, you want to win.

I'll, I'll, I'll start with that.

but in the bigger, in the at- in the bigger picture, the game doesn't mean much because they've already qualified.

And, you know, some people forget that the goal, was to get out of the group, and the goal was to win the group.

And we've, we've done that.

You know?

So we've achieved the first step in what we've expected this team to do, and that, that was the expectation that we all said, you know.

And with all due respect, with Paraguay and Australia, we still felt And obviously Turkey, yeah.

We still felt that we were gonna win this group, get, get onto the round of 32, and that's when obviously the World Cup starts.

And we, and we've done that.

So I don't, I don't take too much I take more positives from this, from last night's match, than negatives for sure