The U.S. Men's National Team will play a slate of international friendlies ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here is the schedule and how to watch.

The USMNT punched their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup as co-hosts alongside Canada and Mexico, automatically qualifying for the tournament and seeding in Pot 1, ensuring no group-stage matchups against the world’s top-ranked nations.

Jesse Marsch will lead Canada at the 2026 World Cup that will be played on their home soil. A lot will depend on who will qualify in the last spot of the group. If Italy do, things will be much more difficult for Canada.

ATLANTA — The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw is moments away from beginning on Friday, but there's already one major piece of the puzzle we know for Atlanta in hosting five group matches: We won't see the United States, Mexico or Canada during this stage of the tournament.

Here are all the details about the USMNT, Mexico and Canada’s 2026 World Cup group stage journey.

Mexico, the United States, and Canada will host the FIFA World Cup 2026. However, only Mexico will host the inaugural match — and here is the reason why.

The United States will face Australia, Paraguay and a European playoff winner in group stage play when the tournament opens next summer.

The top-ranked team in the FIFA Men’s World Ranking, Spain was the +400 pre-draw favorite at BetMGM. Those odds remained unchanged after being placed in Group H with Uruguay, Saudi Arabia and Cabo Verde. England holds the second shortest odds at +600, followed by France at +700 and defending champion Argentina at +800 along with Brazil.

There was little suspense to the start of the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament, given that FIFA assigned the three co-hosts to their groups in February 2024. On a wintry day with snow falling,