Auston Trusty’s early goal Thursday night meant another early lead for the impressive U.S. men’s national team.
However, to the 27-year old and his wife, Emily, it meant a little bit more.
To the latter, it meant “everything”, as she wrote in an Instagram story, sharing a post about her husband’s goal.
The goal came off of a corner kick from Sebastian Berhalter. After quickly settling the ball, Trusty ripped it past the Turkey goalie Ugurcan Çakir to the back post.
The USMNT held the lead with just 2:30 into the match, which made for the second-fastest goal ever scored by the United States at a FIFA World Cup.
It follows Clint Dempsey’s goal that came only 30 seconds in against Ghana in 2014.
It marked as Trusty’s first international goal of his career in his first World Cup, and he is the first homegrown Philadelphia Union player ever to score in a FIFA World Cup.
Trusty had the support of Emily as the Celtic FC defender got the starting nod Thursday as coach Mauricio Pochettino went with a whole new lineup, playing it safe and testing his depth ahead of the elimination rounds.
The couple welcomed a daughter in April 2025 after Trusty proposed the previous year in May while on a vacation in Italy.
The two celebrated eight years together in May 2026.
Trusty’s goal marked the third straight game during this World Cup in which the USMNT scored in the first 10-plus minutes of the match. However, less than seven minutes later, Turkey went on to tie the game with a goal from Arda Güler and added another before the half.
A goal from Berhalter brought the score to 2-all for the majority of the second half until Turkey found the net on a stoppage-time goal for a gut punch loss to end the group stage for the U.S.
Still, logistics wise, the match was meaningless for both parties.
The Americans already secured advancement to the knockout round as the top spot in the group while Turkey had been already eliminated.
Trusty rolled his ankle and suffered hamstring cramps during the game, but stayed in the game to prevent the U.S. from using a sub.
The U.S. is set to play Bosnia and Herzogovina on July 1.
