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So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer’s biggest tournament. Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday. “This means everything for our country,” Cape Verde coach Pedro Leitão Brito said. “We have…

Saudi Arabia and Uruguay meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group H match on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET from Miami Stadium, Miami, FL. Saudi Arabia, ranked 60th by FIFA, are appearing at their seventh World Cup, with their best finish a Round of 16 run in 1994. Uruguay enter Group…

Ecuador battered the woodwork all night in Philadelphia. Ivory Coast scored once, late in the game, and that was the difference.  For 89 minutes, this was a tense and tight-knit scoreless affair — two dark horses sizing each other up, neither willing to blink. Ecuador looked the likelier side to score in the first half…

Scotland fans have a lot to celebrate early in this summer’s World Cup, and they’re doing it in a quintessentially American way.  Saturday for the teams’ World Cup opener, Scotland beat Haiti, 1-0, at Boston Stadium. Any tournament victory is worthy of celebration, but it’s especially notable for Scotland, which not only returned to the…

Germany and Curaçao meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup opener on Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 1 p.m. ET from Houston Stadium, Houston, Texas. Germany, ranked 10th by FIFA, are appearing at their 21st World Cup, with their best finish a championship run — four times, in 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014. Curaçao enter…

LOS ANGELES STADIUM — How do you celebrate scoring twice in your World Cup debut and helping your team open the tournament with a 4-1 victory? “You know, watch some Netflix,” USA striker Folarin Balogun joked after recording half the goals in the U.S. men’s national team’s rout over Paraguay on Friday. Balogun called it…

Qatar and Switzerland meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group B match on Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET from San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Qatar, ranked 56th by FIFA, are returning to the World Cup for the first time since 2022, when they became the first…

Alisson Becker feels for Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian expected to bring Brazil a record sixth World Cup title. “His position perhaps has more pressure than being the president of the country,” the Seleção’s top goalkeeper said. Brazil is unbeaten in 20 World Cup openers since 1934, winning 17 going into Saturday night’s match against African…

The wait is officially over. The FIFA World Cup has arrived. For the first time ever, three nations—the United States, Mexico, and Canada are co-hosting the tournament. It is also the largest FIFA World Cup in history, expanding to a 48-team field. Squads from around the world have arrived in North America with one ultimate…

Mexico usually hits a wall when it plays on the opening day of the World Cup. Of the seven previous occurrences, El Tri’s record is five losses and two draws. Mexico gets another shot Thursday when it hosts South Africa to kick off the 48-team tournament. “We must break that trend,” coach Javier Aguirre told…