Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff Cheer Team USA at the World Cup — and Her Outfit Has People Asking Questions — Photos

A night of patriotism, celebrity sightings, and one very talked-about outfit made the US soccer team's final group stage match one of the best nights of the 2026 FIFA World Cup so far.

Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were in the stands at SoFi Stadium on June 25, 2026, cheering on Team USA alongside a crowd packed with A-listers. Harris even got a little help from a famous boy band member for a keepsake snapshot, but what she was wearing when that photo was taken is what's got the internet divided.

A Star-Studded Send-Off for the Group Stage

The US's final group stage match against Türkiye may not have had any stakes left on the table for the Americans, but the energy in Inglewood was anything but low-key.

Second Lady Usha Vance was among the first familiar faces caught by cameras, beaming in a suite as "The Star-Spangled Banner" rang through the stadium and players and fans sang along in unison.

From there, the celebrity roll call only grew. Paris Hilton presented the match ball before kick-off, and cameras kept finding more high-profile guests tucked throughout the crowd.

Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, reunited in the seats together for the first time since their "Fight Club" days, were spotted deep in conversation, and more than a few fans online voiced hope that they were cooking up a sequel.

Ashton Kutcher was seen chatting with Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua, who clearly knows SoFi Stadium well under its usual name.

Colin Farrell, Irish-born but fully committed to the Stars and Stripes, wore a replica Team USA jersey alongside his son in the stands. Leonardo DiCaprio and Scottie Pippen were also spotted among the crowd.

Kamala, Doug, and a Very Famous Photographer

Harris and Emhoff fit right into that star-studded scene, and they made the most of it. The couple was spotted taking selfies in the stands, and at one point Emhoff, dressed in a Team USA jersey, draped a red, white, and blue scarf around Harris's shoulders. She had arrived in a black leather jacket, and the scarf was layered right on top.

A photo and a video of these moments were uploaded to social media by the couple, with Harris giving a shoutout to none other than NSYNC's Lance Bass, who took their picture.

The former vice president also posted several Instagram stories from throughout the night, meeting fans and celebrating the team's advancement to the knockout stage despite the 3-2 loss to Türkiye.

The Warm Outfit Got the Internet Talking

The scarf, it turned out, was not exactly going unnoticed. On Emhoff's X post, commenters zeroed in on Harris's choice to wear a leather jacket and wool scarf on a warm June evening in Los Angeles, while most of the crowd around her was in summer clothes.

One person wrote, "The audience is in summer clothes and she is wearing a coat and scarf. Just weird! The scarf hides her gills!" Another scoffed, "Middle of the summer and she's wearing a scarf? The actual [expletive]?😭"

A third commenter pointed to the weather specifically, writing, "Why is she wearing a leather jacket and scarf in the month of June? The weather is literally sunny and 75 lol." Someone else just echoed, "Why are you wearing a jacket in the summer?"

The reactions kept coming. One netizen asked, "Why is she wearing a wooly scarf? and leather jacket? LMAO🤣 [sic]," while another went straight to suspicion, writing, "Why is she dressed for winter? Is this AI?"

Harris did not address any of the wardrobe commentary. She posted the photos anyway, and the team moves on, which brings things back to what actually happened on the field.

The Road That Got the U.S. Here

The enthusiasm filling the Los Angeles Stadium that night did not come out of nowhere. The USMNT entered the group stage finale having already built serious momentum, starting with a 4-2 win over Paraguay at the same field, the country's first home World Cup match since 1999.

The crowd frenzy that followed made clear just how much the home tournament meant. Then came Seattle, where a 2-0 victory over Australia clinched a knockout round spot and brought the entire stadium to its feet for a collective singalong of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads."

The USMNT saluted their fans after the final whistle, and the energy carried all the way back to Los Angeles.

By the time Thursday's match arrived, with Group D already secured, nine changes were made to the starting lineup. The 3-2 loss to Türkiye came and went without consequence for the Americans' standing, and they finished the group stage on top.

What Comes Next for Team USA

Next up is Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Round of 32 on July 1, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with an 8 p.m. ET kick-off.

There is also a quiet logistical advantage buried in that matchup: after group games in Los Angeles and Seattle, the team stays on the West Coast, avoiding longer travel that a lower group finish might have forced.

The odds from DraftKings put the U.S. at +3000 to win the World Cup, an implied probability of just under 4%. That is still an improvement over the +6000 odds before the tournament started and the +4000 figure before the Australia win.

Against Bosnia & Herzegovina specifically, the Americans are favored: -155 to win, with a 26% implied probability of a draw and just 16% for a loss.

Data models paint a picture worth paying attention to. Projections from the DTAI Sports Analytics Lab at KU Leuven, a research university in Belgium, give the U.S. an 82% chance of advancing through the Round of 32, a 50% shot at the quarterfinals, 16% for the semifinals, 7% for the final, and 2% to win it all.

In the modern World Cup era, the U.S. has made it past the Round of 16 exactly once, and that was 24 years ago. A deep run here would be history.

Speaking of history, FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed on June 23 that U.S. President Donald Trump will co-present the World Cup trophy at the final in New Jersey on July 19, standing alongside Infantino for the presentation.

This marks a break from recent FIFA protocol, where the trophy has been handed over solely by the FIFA president, as was the case at both Qatar 2022 and Russia 2018.

The decision also follows some controversy from last summer's FIFA Club World Cup final, where Trump presented the trophy to Chelsea captain Reece James but stayed on the stage long enough to join the team's celebrations, to the visible confusion of several players.

Heads of state presenting the trophy is not without precedent, though: King Juan Carlos of Spain handed it to Italy captain Dino Zoff in 1982, and Queen Elizabeth II presented it to England captain Bobby Moore following the Three Lions' victory in 1966.

Whether history repeats itself on July 19 depends entirely on what happens between now and then. How do you feel about the USA team's chances of holding the world's most coveted sports trophy?