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Senegal and Iraq meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup final group stage match on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET from Toronto Stadium. Senegal lost to France 1-3 in their opener, with Ibrahim Mbaye scoring for the side. They dropped their second match to Norway, 3-2. Iraq lost to Norway 1-4 in…
Norway and France meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup final group stage match on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET from Boston Stadium. Norway beat Iraq 4-1 in their opener and Senegal 3-2 in their second match. Erling Haaland is squarely in the Golden Boot race with four goals through the two…
The U.S. men’s national team won Group D, but it ended group play on a bit of a dud. However, former USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan doesn’t want the fan base to sound the alarm. After the USA gave up a late goal in its 3-2 loss to Türkiye, Guzan is still feeling optimistic about the…
In one of the most defensive games so far at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Australia and Paraguay played to a 0-0 draw at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on Thursday night. While winning would have been a positive, neither team wanted to risk comprising its defense formations to squander a result. With each team…
Things couldn’t have gone much better for the United States men’s national team in the group stage. It clinched the top spot in its group with a win in just the second match — it beat Paraguay and Australia — and ended its third and final match against Türkiye on Thursday without any serious injuries…
For the first time at a FIFA World Cup, finishing third in your group does not necessarily mean going home. With 48 teams competing in 2026, FIFA expanded the field to include the eight best third-place finishers across all 12 groups. The top two teams in each group advance automatically, and the remaining eight spots…
Japan came to Dallas needing a point and left with a place in the Round of 32 — and the quiet satisfaction of a prediction starting to materialize. I wrote about Japan being dark horses before a ball was kicked. Three games in, nobody’s laughing. Sweden got the draw they needed too, courtesy of a…
LOS ANGELES STADIUM – U.S. men’s national team manager Mauricio Pochettino has made nine changes to his starting lineup for the group stage finale against Türkiye on Thursday night. It’s the most adjustments a USA team has ever made between two World Cup matches. The previous high was five between the Germany and Iran games…
Ecuador manager Sebastián Beccacece experienced every emotion imaginable Thursday afternoon as his team rallied for a memorable 2-1 victory over Germany and secured a place in the World Cup knockout stage. Germany, which had already clinched first place in Group E with wins in its first two matches, stunned Ecuador just two minutes into the…
Lionel Messi is continuing to defy the laws of physics and time at the 2026 World Cup, leaving even his former team-mates in awe of his longevity. As the veteran superstar leads Argentina’s charge for a second consecutive global crown, Spain sensation Pedri has opened up on why his former Barcelona colleague remains the most…
