After a long lead up, FIFA World Cup 2026 is upon us. Starting June 11 the largest World Cup in history thus far will commence. With 48 nations qualifying for this latest edition. 104 matches will be played across three nations: Mexico, Canada and the USA. 16 different venues in 16 cities will host the matches. How will the host nations fair? Will the European nations be able to navigate the unique climates and travel conditions of North America? How will coaches utilize the mandatory hydration breaks? Will the new time wasting rules have a meaningful impact on games? VAR is being expanded, what sort of impact will that have?Who will be the first player shown red for covering their mouth? All games will be broadcast on the Fox family of networks in the United States. Telemundo and Universo have the US Spanish language rights. In Canada games will be broadcast on CTV, TSN and RFS (French). In Mexico games will be shown on TelevisaUnivision, TV Azteca, Sky Sports Mexico and Vix. All games times are eastern. MLS N&A play by play threads are neutral spaces. Keep all rivalry-esque banter out of these parts. Bullying. personal attacks and/or trolling will not be tolerated. Thursday, June 11 Mexico vs South Africa 3:00PM FOX Mexico City South Korea vs Czechia 10:00PM FS1 Guadalajara, Mexico Friday, June 12 Canada vs Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:00PM FOX Vancouver, BC Canada USA vs Paraguay 9:00PM FOX Inglewood, CA Saturday, June 13 Qatar vs Switzerland 3:00PM FOX Santa Clara, CA Brazil vs Morocco 6:00PM FS1 East Rutherford, NJ Haiti vs Scotland 9:00PM FS1 Foxboro, MA Sunday, June 14 Australia vs Turkiye 12:00AM FS1 Vancouver, BC Canada Germany vs Curacao 1:00PM FOX Houston, TX Netherlands vs Japan 4:00PM FOX Arlington, TX Ivory Coast vs Ecuador 7:00PM FS1 Philadelphia, PA Sweden vs Tunisia 10:00PM FS1 Guadalupe, Mexico Monday, June 15 Spain vs Cape Verde 12:00PM FOX Atlanta, GA Belgium vs Egypt 3:00PM FOX Seattle, WA Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay 6:00PM FS1 Miami Gardens, FL Iran vs New Zealand 9:00PM FS1 Inglewood, CA Tuesday, June 16 France vs Senegal 3:00PM FOX East Rutherford, NJ Iraq vs Norway 6:00PM FOX Foxboro, MA Argentina vs Algeria 9:00PM FOX Kansas City, MZ Wednesday, June 17 Austria vs Jordan 12:00AM FS1 Santa Clara, CA Portugal vs Congo DR 1:00PM FOX Houston, TX England vs Croatia 4:00PM FOX Arlington, TX Ghana vs Panama 7:00PM FS1 Toronto, ON Canada Uzbekistan vs Colombia 10:00PM FS1 Mexico City, Mexico Thursday, June 18 Czechia vs South Africa 12:00PM FOX Atlanta, GA Switzerland vs Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:00PM FOX Inglewood, CA Canada vs Qatar 6:00PM FS1 Vancouver, BC Canada Mexico vs South Korea 9:00PM FS1 Guadalajara, Mexico Friday, June 19 USA vs Australia 3:00PM FOX Seattle, WA Scotland vs Morocco 6:00PM FOX Foxboro, MA Brazil vs Haiti 8:30PM FOX Philadelphia, PA Turkiye vs Paraguay 11:00PM FS1 Santa Clara, CA Saturday, June 20 Netherlands vs Sweden 1:00PM FOX Houston, TX Germany vs Ivory Coast 4:00PM FOX Toronto, ON Canada Ecuador vs Curacao 8:00PM FS1 Kansas City, MZ Sunday, June 21 Tunisia vs Japan 12:00AM FS1 Guadalupe, Mexico Spain vs Saudi Arabia 12:00PM FOX Atlanta, GA Belgium vs Iran 3:00PM FS1 Inglewood, CA Uruguay vs Cape Verde 6:00PM FS1 Miami Gardens, FL New Zealand vs Egypt 9:00PM FS1 Vancouver, BC Canada Monday, June 22 Argentina vs Austria 1:00PM FOX Arlington, TX France vs Iraq 5:00PM FOX Philadelphia, PA Norway vs Senegal 8:00PM FOX East Rutherford, NJ Jordan vs Algeria 11:00PM FS1 Santa Clara, CA Tuesday, June 23 Portugal vs Uzbekistan 1:00PM FOX Houston, TX England vs Ghana 4:00PM FOX Foxboro, MA Panama vs Croatia 7:00PM FOX Toronto, ON Canada Colombia vs Congo DR 10:00PM FS1 Guadalajara, Mexico Wednesday, June 24 Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Qatar 3:00PM GS1 Seattle, WA Switzerland vs Canada 3:00PM FOX Vancouver, BC Canada Morocco vs Haiti 6:00PM FS1 Atlanta, GA Scotland vs Brazil 6:00PM FOX Miami Gardens, FL Czechia vs Mexico 9:00PM FOX Mexico City, Mexico South Africa vs South Korea FS1 Guadalupe, Mexico Thursday, June 25 Curacao vs Ivory Coast 4:00PM FS1 Philadelphia, PA Ecuador vs Germany 4:00PM FOX East Rutherford, NJ Japan vs Sweden 7:00PM FS1 Arlington, TX Tunisia vs Netherlands 7:00PM FOX Kansas City, MZ Paraguay vs Australia 10:00PM FS1 Santa Clara, CA Turkiye vs USA 10:00PM FOX Inglewood, CA Friday, June 26 Norway vs France 3:00PM FOX Foxboro, MA Senegal vs Iraq 3:00PM FS1 Toronto, ON Canada Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia 8:00PM. FS1 Houston, TX Uruguay vs Spain 8:00PM FOX Guadalajara, Mexico Egypt vs Iran 11:00PM FS1 Seattle, WA New Zealand vs Belgium 11:00PM FOX Vancouver, BC Canada Saturday, June 27 Croatia vs Ghana 5:00PM FS1 Philadelphia, PA Panama vs England 5:00PM FOX East Rutherford, NJ Colombia vs Portugal 7:30PM FOX Miami Gardens, FL Congo DR vs Uzbekistan 7:30PM FS1 Atlanta, GA Algeria vs Austria 10:00PM FS1 Kansas City, MZ Jordan vs Argentina 10:00PM FOX Arlington, TX
Watching England vs Costa Rica playing at Orlando Stadium, nice to see all these MLS stadiums taking advantage with all these friendlies getting extra revenue.
I thank @jaykoz3 for printing the schedule in an easy to read and easy to follow format. Appreciate that. I have not really studied the "bracket" this time. It is the greatest sporting event in the world, but, like so many around here, I am struggling to muster the enthusiasm. That makes me a little sad.
Is Brian Gutierrez the first US-born player to actually play in the World Cup for Mexico? Miguel Angel Ponce went to the 2014 World Cup but didn't get on the field.
Obed Vargas has the chance to be the first Alaskan to play in the World Cup. Of course, the irony there is the Alaskan would be playing for Mexico.
The Portuguese TV announcers were laughing at the situation with a (portuguese-speaking) Brazilian ref trying to speak English to a (spanish-speaking) Mexican crowd to explain why he was giving a red card after VAR. 11 v 9. I think this game is over.
Because of his accent, I thought for a moment he was trying to speak Spanish, but couldn't make out any Spanish words. The first English words I understood were "red card."
They qualified mostly because Nigeria dropped points at home to Lesotho and Zimbabwe, both games they should have won easily.
I think it suits him. Weird, he could barely get a sniff of the USMNT, gets his Mexican passport in November, Fire sell him the Chivas in January and he is starting for Mexico in June. Good for young Brian G. The first Chicago Fire "homegrown" and, I believe, the first player from Berwyn, Il to start a World Cup match.
Both South Korea and Czechia are 'playing well between the 20s', but quality in the final third leaves much to be desired.
The Korea v. Czechia match is not good. I will be in Czechia in about four weeks. After that first half, I do not think I will be in Prague partying during a Czechia semi final match!!!