The 2026 World Cup gets underway on June 11. Here's a look at the first game every team in the tournament will play to begin the group stage.

The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup holds its first full match day on Saturday. The opener of the four-game slate sees 2022 host Qatar face an ambitious Switze

Follow live updates as Qatar face Switzerland in the second Group B match of the World Cup in Santa Clara. Hello! Thank you for joining The Athletic’s coverage of the world’s biggest and best sporting tournament: the FIFA men’s World Cup.

The United States looks to open its World Cup slate with a win on home soil over Paraguay at SoFi Stadium. The match is in progress (Fox, Telemundo).

Seven games will be played at Boston Stadium (a.k.a. Gillette Stadium), beginning with Saturday's Haiti-Scotland match.

For the first time ever the first match of the World Cup is a repeat, as Mexico and South Africa reprise their 2010 showdown

In less than a few hours, the host nation, the USMNT, is set to play its first World Cup match of the tournament, when they take on Paraguay. The two world-class teams are set to clash at the Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood.

ANN ARBOR, MI - World Cup action continues Saturday across North America but be sure to get to one Ann Arbor bar super early to secure a seat. Conor O’Neill’s hosted a crowd of soccer fans Thursday afternoon for the first game of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa,