{"id":409662,"date":"2026-01-14T23:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409662\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:16:28","slug":"edmonton-to-host-soccer-friendly-between-canada-uzbekistan-mens-national-teams-before-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409662\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton to host soccer friendly between Canada, Uzbekistan men\u2019s national teams before World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The June 1 game at Commonwealth Stadium comes before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will see the first-ever men\u2019s tournament matches played on Canadian soil in Toronto and Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Match marks teams&#8217; last friendly soccer match before the 2026 FIFA World Cup<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768432587_457_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/author\/iman-janmohamed-9.14431\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iman Janmohamed <\/a>  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Jan 14, 2026 1:42 PM EST | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 4 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A bird's eye view of a large stadium with a football field. \"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768432588_871_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>The Canadian men&#8217;s national team will play its last friendly soccer match before the 2026 FIFA World Cup against Uzbekistan on June 1 at Edmonton&#8217;s Commonwealth Stadium. (David Bajer\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup will include a stop in Edmonton. <\/p>\n<p>Edmonton will play host to a friendly soccer match between the Canadian and Uzbekistani men\u2019s national teams on June 1 at Commonwealth Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The game will come before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is set to see the first-ever men\u2019s tournament matches played on Canadian soil in Vancouver and Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup, which runs from June 11 to Jul. 19, is the first time the Uzbekistan team qualified for the tournament. Edmonton lost a bid in 2022 to host the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack said the game is expected to generate $21 million in total economic impact for the city.<\/p>\n<p>Hometown hero and Canadian team captain Alphonso Davies will take the pitch in the first men\u2019s national team appearance in Edmonton since the qualifier for the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s national team member Richie Laryea said the team is excited to play in Edmonton again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton The June 1 game at Commonwealth Stadium comes before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-409662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}