Tournament countdown · 19 days to kickoff

The 2026 tournament starts here. The kit, the city, the call.

Match previews, host-city playbooks, jersey reviews and team guides for the biggest sporting event ever held on this continent — written for the North American fan who actually shows up.

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Match Previews 48 Group stage

Host Cities Covered 16 USA · CAN · MEX

Team Guides 32 Live now

Updated Today May 2026

Match Previews

This week's group stage. Read before kickoff.

Form lines, projected XIs, watch-party angles, and what to wear — every preview is human-edited and updated within hours of team news.

All previews

Live · 2nd Half Group F · Vancouver

Canada FIFA · 31

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Bosnia & H. FIFA · 78

Canada's home-soil opener: the kit, the crowd, the call.

A 17,000-seat away end, a red-on-red home strip, and a midfield decision that could swing the group.

BC Place · Sat 8:00 PM PT Preview · 8 min

Group A · Mexico City Match Preview

Mexico FIFA · 14

France FIFA · 2

Estadio Azteca opens 2026 with a fixture nobody saw coming.

Altitude, history, and a hosting nation looking for a statement against a European heavyweight.

Estadio Azteca · Sun 6:30 PM CT Preview · 11 min

Group D · Kansas City Match Preview

USA FIFA · 12

Argentina FIFA · 1

USA vs. Argentina at Arrowhead: the loudest stadium in football.

A home crowd that broke a decibel record meets the world's number-one ranked side. Our preview, our prediction.

Arrowhead Stadium · Tue 7:00 PM CT Preview · 9 min

Venue Guides

Sixteen host cities. One guide each.

How to get there, where to eat, what to wear, where to watch. Researched per city, verified within seven days of publication.

All venue guides

Spotlight · Kansas City

Arrowhead Stadium

GEHA Field · Kansas City, MO

Featured guide · Updated May 2026

The loudest stadium in American sport, repurposed for the world's game.

Home of the Kansas City Chiefs since 1972, Arrowhead's concrete bowl channels crowd noise like a cauldron — and it's about to host six 2026 tournament fixtures. Here's what you need to know before you go.

Capacity

76,416

Tournament Matches

6 fixtures

Noise Record

142.2 dB

Nearest Transit

I-70 · Truman Sports Complex

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Team Guides

Thirty-two teams. Pick yours.

A guide for every team in the tournament — squad notes, kit reviews, ticket realities, and where to find authorized merch you can trust.

All teams

Group D

The 2026 tournament starts here. The kit, the city, the call.

This week's group stage. Read before kickoff.

Canada's home-soil opener: the kit, the crowd, the call.

Estadio Azteca opens 2026 with a fixture nobody saw coming.

USA vs. Argentina at Arrowhead: the loudest stadium in football.

Sixteen host cities. One guide each.

Arrowhead Stadium

The loudest stadium in American sport, repurposed for the world's game.

SoFi Stadium

MetLife Stadium

BC Place

Estadio Azteca

Thirty-two teams. Pick yours.

United States

Canada

Mexico

Argentina

Brazil

France

Germany

Spain

The 2026 tournament starts here. The kit, the city, the call.

This week's group stage. Read before kickoff.

Canada's home-soil opener: the kit, the crowd, the call.

Estadio Azteca opens 2026 with a fixture nobody saw coming.

USA vs. Argentina at Arrowhead: the loudest stadium in football.

Sixteen host cities. One guide each.

Arrowhead Stadium

The loudest stadium in American sport, repurposed for the world's game.

SoFi Stadium

MetLife Stadium

BC Place

Estadio Azteca

Thirty-two teams. Pick yours.

United States

Canada

Mexico

Argentina

Brazil

France

Germany

Spain

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