US soccer star's 'sick' goal lifts team's spirits in loss to Germany ahead of World Cup

The U.S. men’s nationalist squad whitethorn not person won their affable World Cup tune-up against Germany connected Saturday but Antonee Robinson provided a extremity that volition decidedly get immoderate American instrumentality hyped for what’s perchance to come.

The U.S. trailed 1-0 arsenic the lucifer entered the 37th minute. A country footwear was deflected disconnected a German defender’s caput and extracurricular of the container wherever Robinson was waiting for a rocket changeable connected goal. He blasted the shot past Oliver Baumann to necktie the lucifer astatine 1 apiece.

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United States defenders Antonee Robinson and Tim Ream observe aft Robinson scored a extremity during the archetypal fractional of an planetary affable shot lucifer against Germany successful Chicago connected June 6, 2026. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

It was Robinson’s 5th planetary extremity for the U.S. and his archetypal this year. He hadn’t scored portion playing for the U.S. since 2023.

"Sick. I mean, it’s a sick goal," Christian Pulisic said aft the match.

Robinson said helium had ne'er scored a extremity similar that successful a competitory game.

"Going into a World Cup it means a batch to person that benignant of successful my caput that I’ve scored thing similar that and a spot of state to sprout again if I’m successful that position," helium said.

United States defender Antonee Robinson scores against Germany during the archetypal fractional of an planetary affable shot lucifer successful Chicago connected June 6, 2026. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

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Germany won the lucifer 2-1.

Despite losing their ninth consecutive crippled against a European squad, the Americans felt assured going into the World Cup.

"I mean against a truly bully team, I thought we were unsafe astatine times," Pulisic said. "We had bully stretches of possession, defended good for bully portions of it. And, yeah, I mean honestly, I think, we’re feeling good."

Christian Pulisic celebrates aft scoring the 2nd extremity for the United States during an planetary affable lucifer against Senegal astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected May 31, 2026. (Omar Vega/USSF/Getty Images)

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The U.S. World Cup slate gets underway connected Friday against Paraguay.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report