{"id":734042,"date":"2026-06-13T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734042\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:04:09","slug":"see-the-full-u-s-mens-soccer-schedule-for-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734042\/","title":{"rendered":"See the full U.S. men&#8217;s soccer schedule for the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Men&#8217;s National Team kicked off its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign Friday on home turf at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-cruises-past-paraguay-in-world-cup-opener\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">with a dominant 4-1 win<\/a> over Paraguay. It&#8217;s the first time in 32 years that the U.S. is hosting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-fifa-world-cup-opening-june-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup<\/a>, this time as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cbs-news-poll-most-soccer-fans-u-s-hosting-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">one of three host nations<\/a>\u00a0alongside Canada and Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. men&#8217;s team made it to the Round of 16 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usa-eliminated-world-cup-3-1-loss-netherlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the 2022 World Cup in Qatar<\/a>\u00a0after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/world-cup-team-usa-players-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. team roster<\/a>\u00a0includes a mix of World Cup veterans and first-timers, with many players who have experience in top European leagues. They&#8217;ll have home field advantage and enjoy a growing fan base across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re playing for 330 million people. That&#8217;s a big deal. There&#8217;s added responsibility, added eyes. But at the same time, it&#8217;s the ultimate goal, the ultimate honor,&#8221; U.S. team captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/tim-ream-says-he-has-no-doubt-that-us-could-potentially-win-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tim Ream told CBS News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no doubt that we could potentially win,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/world-cup-team-usa-players-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S.<\/a>\u00a0is in Group D and will play at least three games in the group stage in June. Their opponents and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/world-cup-2026-schedule-how-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">schedule<\/a> are as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>June 12: The U.S. defeated Paraguay 4-1 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CaliforniaJune 19: The U.S. faces Australia at Seattle&#8217;s Lumen Field at 3 p.m. ETJune 25: The U.S. returns to SoFi to face Turkey at 10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gettyimages-2281310211.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"USA v Paraguay: Group D - FIFA World Cup 2026 \" height=\"396\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Players of the U.S. pose for a team photo before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between USA and Paraguay at Los Angeles Stadium on June 12, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                John Dorton\/USSF\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Next comes the knockout stage, which begins June 28. The top two teams from each group \u2014 plus the eight third-place teams with the most points \u2014 advance to the round of 32.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If it advances, the U.S.&#8217; opponent in the knockout stage will depend on the results of the group-stage games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the U.S. finishes as the Group D winner, it will play on July 1 at 8 p.m. ET in Levi&#8217;s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n<p>If it finishes as the Group D runner-up, it will play July 3 at 2 p.m. ET at AT&amp;T Stadium in Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The round of 16 will be held from July 4 to July 7, and the quarterfinals will take place from July 9 to July 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The semifinals will take place July 14, and the World Cup final will be on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the World Cup will feature 48 teams and 104 matches over 39 days.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow World Cup news and highlights throughout the tournament at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/soccer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CBSSports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      Elizabeth  Campbell<\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n              Go deeper with The Free Press\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Men&#8217;s National Team kicked off its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign Friday on home turf at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82,263990,13009],"class_list":["post-734042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-u-s-men039s-soccer-team","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734042","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=734042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}