US Beats Australia In World Cup And People Can't Stop Singing This Classic John Denver Song
American soccer fans are not only singing the praises of the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) after its 2-0 World Cup victory over Australia on Friday, they’re also singing a classic John Denver song.
After the team’s victory, the nearly 70,000 fans at Seattle’s Lumen Field broke out in song, specifically Denver’s 1971 smash, “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
Although the game took place in Washington State and the song is set in West Virginia, the crowd was loud and proud as you can see in the video below.
The @USMNT faithful serenade their team with “Take Me Home, Country Roads” in Seattle 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/XI3Q3EkxhK
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 19, 2026
Although soccer teams commonly adopt classic songs as anthems, “Country Roads” isn’t the official team song of the USMNT.
In fact, it owes its presence at the World Cup to Scottish fans who’ve taken to singing “Country Roads” when the Scottish team plays ― and pretty much every other chance they get, according to Fox26 Houston.
Still, based on the number of social media posts from fans of the American team, it looks like it has been adopted as the anthem anyway.
And right on cue, thousands of #WorldCup fans in Seattle break into “Take Me Home Country Roads” as @USMNT advances
Let’s Go! pic.twitter.com/p0fSDB4Kgj
— Michael T. Benson (@michaeltbenson) June 19, 2026
The entire Seattle stadium of 70,000 just started singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” at the top of their lungs during the US world cup match.pic.twitter.com/CiDOApu9Fk
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) June 19, 2026
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Seeing our players singing ‘Country Roads’ with 70,000 fans in Seattle is freakin beautiful.
Christian Pulisic got that song down 🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸
We see you West Virginia @USMNT#WorldCuppic.twitter.com/e3loNoYrTw
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace) June 19, 2026
ABSOLUTE GOOSEBUMPS AS THE ENTIRE STADIUM SINGS ‘TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS’ WITH THE USMNT PLAYERS AFTER THE WIN AGAINST AUSTRALIA
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/ATj4OHcEE6— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) June 19, 2026
My God, what a week it’s been to be a proud American 😤🇺🇸🦅 https://t.co/lJaTl48ZVk
— TheBronxViking (@TheBronxViking) June 19, 2026
Crowd belting Country Roads after the U.S. beat Australia. Iconic. Do it after every victory from now until forever. People from every corner of the globe will know John Denver pic.twitter.com/RXR97XnHqm
— Jon Michael Raasch (@JMRaasch) June 19, 2026
Every time some online idiot questions if America has a cultural remind them our culture is taking belt to *** then singing Country Roads after https://t.co/4gwGs1F4ft
— Andrew Donaldson (@four4thefire) June 19, 2026
Country Roads after a World Cup victory has to be a top tier feeling in life
USA 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/1B5MC4hXrg
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 19, 2026
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