🇺🇸⚽ BIG DAY. BIGGER FUTURE. ⚽🇺🇸 With today’s FIFA World Cup Draw, the countdown becomes even more real. The 2026 FIFA World Cup! The largest sporting event in human history is fast approaching, and the United States is getting ready to welcome the world during America’s 250th

We won't know exactly which World Cup matches are taking place in each host city until Saturday's schedule reveal, but today's draw will give us some indication. Here are the host cities associated with each Group. Group A: Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico City, Atlanta Group B:

For those wondering how the "positions" within each World Cup group are being determined, there's a pre-determined pattern in the draw procedures. (I just figured this out myself)

The opening match of #FIFAWorldCup 2026: Mexico v South Africa

The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw results with host cities for each group:

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MetLife Stadium in NY/NJ gets the coveted Brazil-Morocco on June 13.

NY/NJ also gets Germany-Ecuador on June 25.

As expected, FIFA appears to be putting its marquee matches in its largest stadiums/markets. Dallas gets Netherlands vs. Japan on June 14.

L.A. gets two Iran matches during the group stage. It doesn't appear as though Iranian fans will be allowed to travel to the U.S. due to President Trump's travel ban.

Atlanta gets two matches featuring Spain, which could make the city a logical base camp location for the federation.

Boston nabs an enticing France-Norway match on June 26.

AT&T Stadium in Dallas gets two Argentina matches.

Houston gets two Portugal matches, while Miami gets a strong Portugal-Colombia match.

Dallas gets England-Croatia on June 17. England will then head to Boston and NY/NJ.

The 2026 World Cup semifinals will be held July 14 in Dallas and July 15 in Atlanta at 3pm ET. The Final will be held on July 19 in NY/NJ at 3pm ET.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup schedule grid:

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The #WorldCup2026 group-stage schedule is heavy on evening local kickoffs, a departure from FIFA’s traditional preference for globally optimized broadcast windows. Several matches begin at 9 p.m. locally, especially weekends. More from Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/…