FIFA World Cup Day 15: Belgium, Germany, United States | Discussion and GameThread

United States vs. Germany

12:00 PM EDT

Bayern Players: Jérôme Boateng, Mario Götze, Julian Green, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Müller, Manuel Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger
Location: Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Television and Streaming

United States (4-2-3-1)

Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann

Clint Dempsey

Graham Zusi – Michael Bradley – Brad Davis

Kyle Beckerman – Jermaine Jones

DeMarcus Beasley – Matt Besler – Omar Gonzalez – Fabian Johnson [BMG]

Tim Howard

Bench: Brad Guzan, Nick Rimando, Timothy Chandler [FFM], Geoff Cameron, John Anthony Brooks [BSC], DeAndre Yedlin, Alejandro Bedoya, Mix Diskerud, Julian Green [FCB], Aron Jóhansson, Chris Wondolowski

Germany (4-3-3)

Manager: Joachim Löw

Lukas Podolski – Thomas Müller [FCB] – Mesut Özil

Toni Kroos [FCB] – Philipp Lahm [FCB] – Bastian Schweinsteiger [FCB]

Benedikt Höwedes [S04] – Mats Hummels [BVB] – Per Mertesacker – Jérôme Boateng [FCB]

Manuel Neuer [FCB]

Bench: Roman Weidenfeller [BVB], Ron-Robert Zieler [H96], Matthias Ginter [SCF], Erik Durm [BVB], Shkodran Mustafi, Kevin Großkreutz [BVB], Sami Khedira, Julian Draxler [S04], André Schürrle, Mario Götze [FCB], Miroslav Klose

Portugal vs. Ghana

12:00 PM EDT

Location: Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
Television and Streaming

Portugal (4-2-3-1)

Manager: Paulo Bento

Éder

Cristiano Ronaldo – Miguel Velaso – Nani

Willy Carvalho – João Moutinho

Ruben Amorim – Pepe – Bruno Alves – João Pereira

Beto

Bench: Eduardo, André Almeida, Neto, Ricardo Costa, Raul Meireles, Vieirinha [WOB], Rafa Silva, Silvestre Varela, Hélder Postiga

Ghana (4-2-3-1)

Manager: James Kwasi Appiah

Asamoah Gyan

André Ayew – Majeed Waris – Christian Atsu

Emmanuel Agyemang Badu – Mohammed Rabiu

Kwadwo Asamoah – John Boye – Jonathan Mensah – Harrison Afful

Fatawu Dauda

Bench: Adam Kwarasey, Stephen Adams, Samuel Inkoom, Mohammed Awal, Daniel Opare, Michael Essien, Afriyie Acquah, Kevin-Prince Boateng [S04], Jordan Ayew, Alberd Adomah, Mubarak Wakaso

South Korea vs. Belgium

4:00 PM EDT

Bayern Player: Daniel van Buyten
Location: Arena Corinthians, São Paolo, Brazil
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
Television and Streaming

South Korea (4-4-2)

Manager: Myung-Bo Hong

Son Heung-Min [B04] – Kim Shin-Wook

Koo Ja-Cheol [M05] – Lee Chung-Yong – Han Kook-Young – Ki Sung-Yeung

Yun Suk-Young – Hong Jeong-Ho [FCA] – Kim Young-Gwon – Lee Yong

Kim Seung-Gyu

Bench: Lee Bum-Young, Jung Sung-Ryong, Kim Chang-Soo, Kwak Tae-Hwi, Hwang Seok-Ho, Park Chu-Young, Park Joo-Ho [M05], Kim Bo-Kyung, Ha Dae-Sung, Park Jong-Woo, Lee Keun-Ho, Ji Dong-Won [FCA]

Belgium (4-2-3-1)

Manager: Marc Wilmots

Dries Mertens

Adnan Januzaj – Kevin Mirallas – Steven Defour

Marouane Fellaini – Mousa Dembélé

Jan Vertonghen – Daniel van Buyten [FCB] – Nicolas Lombaerts – Anthony Vanden Borre

Thibaut Courtois

Bench: Sammy Bossut, Simon Mignolet, Thomas Vermaelen, Vincent Kompany, Toby Alderweireld, Laurent Ciman, Axel Witsel, Nacer Chadli, Edin Hazard, Kevin de Bruyne [WOB], Romelu Lukaku, Divock Origi

Algeria vs. Russia

4:00 PM EDT

Location: Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, Curitiba, Brazil
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Television and Streaming

Algeria (4-3-2-1)

Manager: Vahid Halilhodžić

Islam Slimani

Aissa Mandi – Sofiane Feghouli

Nabil Bentaleb – Carl Medjani – Abdelmoumene Djabou

Djamel Mesbah – Rafik Halliche – Esseid Belkalem – Yacine Brahimi

Rais M'Bolhi

Bench: Mohamed Zemmamouche, Cedric Si Mohammed, Madjid Bouguerra, Faouzi Ghoulam, Liassine Cadamuro, Hassan Yebda, Medhi Lacen, Mehdi Mostefa, Saphir Taïder, Riyad Mahrez, Nabil Ghilas, El Arabi Soudani

Russia (4-2-3-1)

Manager: Fabio Capello

Alexander Kerzhakov

Oleg Shatov – Aleksandr Kokorin – Alexander Samedov

Denis Glushakov – Victor Fayzulin

Dmitry Kombarov – Vasily Berezutskiy – Sergey Ignashevich – Alexey Kozlov

Igor Akinfeev

Bench: Sergey Ryzhikov, Yury Lodygin, Andrey Eshchenko, Georgy Shchennikov, Andrey Semenov, Vladimir Granat, Igor Denisov, Alan Dzagoev, Pavel Mogilevets, Alexey Ionov, Maksim Kanunnikov, Yury Zhirkov