{"id":4975,"date":"2026-06-17T23:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4975"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:34:52","slug":"the-friendly-wager-back-usas-gio-reyna-to-score-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4975","title":{"rendered":"The Friendly Wager: Back USA&#039;s Gio Reyna To Score Against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>It was a great start to our Friendly Wager concept last week with the United States men\u2019s national team piping Paraguay 4-1 and cashing the USA 3+ goals bet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>My FOX Chicago teammate Joey Soccer was all over that one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Swing and a miss by me, though, not getting this week\u2019s story up before the Tuesday games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Sometimes it\u2019s as simple as betting Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi to all score multiple goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>I saw some bet slips online where that three-leg parlay was 85\/1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Oh well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>It\u2019s also worth reminding you that FOX Sports is your place for all things World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The games are great, the off-field content with James Corden and Jameis Winston has been incredible, and our digital team has <i>already<\/i> amassed over a billion views on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Stay hot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><i>This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <\/i><i><u>Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/u><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Friendly Wager Record:<\/strong><br \/><strong>(1-0, +3.8)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>United States vs. Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Can Gio Reyna help push the USA past Australia on Friday (Getty Images)?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>I think it\u2019s natural to expect some offensive aggression from the Americans after the first match of group play, but be careful. New head coach Mauricio Pochettino has taken the governor off the jet ski if you will, and he wants this team on the attack. It\u2019s also no secret the USA back line isn\u2019t anything special, so this could set up goals both ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Meanwhile, we\u2019re still not sure if Christian Pulisic will play Friday in Seattle, which would open up ample opportunities for midfielder Giovanni Reyna. Reyna did score against Paraguay in the 82\u2019 minute and if Pulisic doesn\u2019t go, Reyna\u2019s price will drop even lower. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Mexico vs. South Korea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Could Mexico vs. South Korea end in a draw (Getty Images)?<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>As mentioned last week, I picked Mexico to win Group A at -140. That wager is already in the hopper and isn\u2019t going anywhere. That said, I don\u2019t love this matchup against South Korea late Thursday night. Mexico will try to dominate possession and dictate tempo, while the Koreans rely on defensive keep-away and counter-attacking. It\u2019s a total contrast of styles, which could and <i>should <\/i>provide us a decent chance for a 1-1 or 2-2 finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>It\u2019s a boring bet, but it often pays to be boring.<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY It was a great start to our Friendly Wager concept last week with the United States men\u2019s national team piping Paraguay 4-1 and cashing the USA 3+ goals bet. My FOX Chicago teammate Joey Soccer was all over that one. Swing and a miss by me, though, not getting this week\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}