{"id":418383,"date":"2026-06-26T04:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=418383"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:53:32","slug":"2026-world-cup-breaks-record-for-most-goals-scored-in-a-single-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/2026-world-cup-breaks-record-for-most-goals-scored-in-a-single-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup breaks record for most goals scored in a single tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INGLEWOOD, California, June 25 : The 2026 World Cup became the highest-scoring edition in the tournament&#8217;s history during the United States&#8217; Group D match against Turkey on Thursday, with Auston Trusty&#8217;s early opener producing the record-breaking 173rd goal and eclipsing the previous mark of 172 set at Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Four more goals were scored after Trusty&#8217;s opener, with Turkey snatching a last-gasp 3-2 win to lift the tournament total to 177 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The record was broken in the 59th match of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 By comparison, the previous record of 172 goals was accumulated over all 64 matches at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The 2026 tournament features 104 matches, 40 more than the 64 played at Qatar 2022, following FIFA&#8217;s expansion from 32 to 48 teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &#8220;Surpassing the previous highest of 172 goals from Qatar underscores the excitement and attacking prowess that have already made the 2026 @fifaworldcup so unforgettable,&#8221;&nbsp; FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGLEWOOD, California, June 25 : The 2026 World Cup became the highest-scoring edition in the tournament&#8217;s history during the United States&#8217; Group D match against Turkey on Thursday, with Auston Trusty&#8217;s early opener producing the record-breaking 173rd goal and eclipsing the previous mark of 172 set at Qatar 2022. \u2022 Four more goals were scored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418384,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418383\/revisions\/418384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}