All 72 group stage matches are complete, and we are officially on to the Round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Germany will face Paraguay in a Round of 32 showdown on June 29, 2026, at Boston Stadium on FOX. Germany is in the knockout stage for the first time since winning the … Read more
Brazil and Japan meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match on Monday, June 29, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET from Houston Stadium. Brazil topped Group C with a 2-1-0 record across three matches, drawing 1-1 with Morocco in their opener before beating Haiti 3-0 and Scotland 3-0 in their final two … Read more
All 72 group stage matches are complete, and we are officially on to the Round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Brazil will face Japan in a Round of 32 showdown on June 29, 2026, at Houston Stadium on FOX. After winning Group C, Brazil has now won its group for the 12th … Read more
Monday will be a full slate of knockout games at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with heavyweights Brazil, Germany and Netherlands all looking to take big steps to the final. The day opens in Houston when five-time champion Brazil takes on a Japan team that performed well in the group stages and which also won … Read more
“Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making. We only got one game on Sunday to open the knockout stage, but come Monday, we’re getting spoiled. Here’s how I’m wagering on Match Day 19, with three Round-of-32 games on tap. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting … Read more
Stephen Eustaquio scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, and Canada beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday for its first knockout match victory in a World Cup. A tense match at SoFi Stadium appeared to be headed for extra time until Eustáquio — who plays professionally for Los Angeles FC several miles away … Read more
LOS ANGELES STADIUM — At least one American is headed to the round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Canada coach Jesse Marsch, who was an assistant coach with the U.S. men’s national team when the Stars and Stripes reached the same stage under Bob Bradley in 2010, on Sudnay became the first … Read more
The 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States is the first-ever edition of the tournament to be co-hosted by three nations — the next World Cup will be the second, and the first edition to play on three different continents, with games set to be played in six different countries to … Read more
The ninety minutes of regulation have been played. The thirty minutes of extra time has expired. Both teams are tied. Now what? The two most exciting words in soccer: penalty shootout. But what exactly is a penalty shootout, and how does it work? Here is your guide to understanding penalty shootouts at the 2026 FIFA … Read more
The 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage is over, and as I said to Zlatan on air: This is the end of the chapter, not the end of the book. We’ve still got a lot of the book to read, but this was a beefy chapter — historically beefy, with a lot of soccer but … Read more