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Japan marked the 1,000th game in men's World Cup history with a near flawless performance in a comprehensive 4-0 win over Tunisia, which was eliminated with the result. Japan showed many signs of strengths and no weaknesses as it dominated from the opening whistle. Meanwhile, Tunisia has been one of the worst and most poorly run teams through two games at the World Cup. After making a surprising coaching change […]

The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup group stage continues on Sunday as Groups G and H enter their second match day after all four opening games across these two groups ended in draws, meaning every single team enters the day level with one point. Spain and Saudi Arabia kick off the action in Atlanta, where La Roja looks to rebound from a scoreless stalemate in their opener against Cape Verde, […]

Is the USA going all the way? It took a big step forward on Friday by winning Group D. The Americans became the second team to clinch their group at the 2026 World Cup. Mexico won Group A on Thursday night, and the USA sealed Group D with its win over Australia and Türkiye's surprising loss to Paraguay. Elsewhere, two potential contenders got their first wins of the tournament in […]

The second round of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup group stage games continues with a slate of intriguing matchups. In the opening game, the Netherlands will look for its first win of the World Cup when they take on a Sweden team that is surging under manager Graham Potter. The second game takes us to Toronto where Germany and Ivory Coast will each look for their second wins after […]

SEATTLE STADIUM — #PochOut. As recently as late last month, this hashtag could be found on social media with more frequency than any reasonable fan of the U.S. men's national soccer team might expect. The internet isn’t real life, obviously. But in the wake of another thrilling group stage win at the 2026 FIFA World Cup — a 2-0 triumph over Australia that sent Mauricio Pochettino’s team to the knockout stage with […]

On Friday night in Philadelphia, Brazil claimed its first victory of the tournament with an imposing 3-0 victory against Haiti, who gave a heroic performance — keeping it at 0-0 and even threatening Alisson's goal on multiple occasions in the second half — but sadly couldn’t handle the overwhelming power of the five-time World Cup champion. As a result of the win and the scoreline, Brazil took over Group C’s […]

SEATTLE STADIUM — Mauricio Pochettino led the electric crowd in a booming "USA!" chant. Tim Ream shared heartfelt embraces with members of the coaching staff. Christian Pulisic joined fans in singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as he took a celebratory lap around the field with his teammates. The U.S. men’s national team defeated Australia, 2-0, on Friday in its second World Cup match, clinching a place in the round […]

SEATTLE STADIUM — After the USA's win over Paraguay, I admitted to being a prisoner of the moment with my player ratings. The atmosphere at Los Angeles Stadium was incredible, and the lowest rating I gave out was an 8. Well, it happened again … but the lowest rating was higher. That energy came from how the team performed in the first half. On both ends of the field, we […]

As the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup proceeds, teams will secure their spot in the knockout stage, which begins on June 28 and wraps up with the World Cup final on July 19. The field of 48 will be whittled down to 32, and then the knockouts will begin, with extra time and penalty shootouts occurring as needed to determine a winner. Here are the teams that […]