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The US men’s soccer team will open June 12, face Australia on June 19 in Seattle and finish group play June 25 at SoFi Stadium against a team to be determined.
Follow live coverage as teams are drawn for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The tournament will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer.
The draw for the 2025 FIFA World Cup were held in New York City on Thursday, with the USMNT and Mexico's El Tri learning their groups.
The eyes of the footballing world will be on the United States, Canada and Mexico next year for the newly expanded World Cup. The 2026 World Cup will feature 48 teams (expanded from 32) and is set to be played across 16 cities in 3 countries.
The inter-confederation playoff sees six teams vying for 2 more spots in the tournament: two from Concacaf (Jamaica, Suriname) and one each from Africa (DR Congo), Asia (Iraq), South America (Bolivia), and Oceania (New Caldeonia). They will contest the two playoff brackets in Guadalajara and Monterrey in March:
US President Donald Trump met on Friday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, with the talks partly focused on the future of a North American free trade deal.
While Mexico didn't have to qualify for the 2026 World Cup as hosts, the country did win its final competitive tournament, defeating the United States in July's Gold Cup Final, 2-1. While Mexico was largely full strength in that contest against more of a B-side from the United States, it was a solid result for El Tri.
World Cup co-host Mexico was optimistic about its chances of advancing from the group stage after being drawn to play against South Africa, South Korea and a yet-to-be-determined European team. While some TV analysts described the group as “easy,
As co-hosts alongside Mexico and the United States, Canada was an automatic qualifier for the 2026 World Cup. When Canada qualified for the 2022 tournament, it ended a 36-year World Cup drought. Having not gotten out of the group stage of its two prior World Cup appearances,