On July 19, after 103 matches have been played, only two teams will remain standing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those two nations, each chasing soccer immortality, will meet at New York New Jersey Stadium in what is expected to be one of the biggest sporting events ever held in the United States. So … Read more
LOS ANGELES STADIUM — How do you celebrate scoring twice in your World Cup debut and helping your team open the tournament with a 4-1 victory? “You know, watch some Netflix,” USA striker Folarin Balogun joked after recording half the goals in the U.S. men’s national team’s rout over Paraguay on Friday. Balogun called it … Read more
LOS ANGELES STADIUM — A day before the USA men’s national team produced its most lopsided victory in almost a century’s worth of FIFA World Cup appearances, head coach Mauricio Pochettino mentioned something that felt like a throwaway remark at the time. In their opening match of the 2026 tournament, the USA’s players “need to … Read more
Australia and Türkiye will face each other in their opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Sunday, June 14, 2026, at BC Place Vancouver on FS1. This is Australia’s sixth straight World Cup appearance. In the last five, they’ve been eliminated in the group stage three times and in the Round of 16 … Read more
There’s no way around it: The U.S. men’s national team was dominant in the first half against Paraguay in its opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on its way to a 4-1 victory. The USA got out to a 3-0 lead in Friday’s Group D opener, with striker Folarin Balogun scoring a brace … Read more
Australia and Türkiye meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup opener on Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 12:00 a.m. ET from BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver, BC. Australia, ranked 27th by FIFA, are appearing at their seventh World Cup, with their best finish a Round of 16 run in both 2006 and 2022. Türkiye enter Group … Read more
Things couldn’t have gone much better for the United States in its World Cup opener. In the seventh minute of the United States’ 4-1 win over Paraguay at Los Angeles Stadium on Friday, the Americans were gifted an own goal that gave them an early lead — so early that it’s actually the third-fastest goal … Read more
Brazil and Morocco meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup opener on Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET from New York New Jersey Stadium, New York New Jersey. Brazil, ranked sixth by FIFA, are appearing at their 23rd World Cup, with their best finish a record five championships (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002). … Read more
LOS ANGELES STADIUM — Four years ago, at the last FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the U.S. men’s national team scored just three goals in four games. It took the team just 45 minutes of the 2026 event to equal that output. And then another 45 minutes to make history. The tournament co-hosts kicked off … Read more
Qatar and Switzerland meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group B match on Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET from San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Qatar, ranked 56th by FIFA, are returning to the World Cup for the first time since 2022, when they became the first … Read more