When does the 2026 World Cup begin? See full schedule

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The Crew have started their 2026 World Cup break.

With the Crew off, the Ecuadorian national team will be making use of the OhioHealth Performance Center, which will serve as the federation's base camp for the world's premier soccer tournament. Ecuador will also play a friendly against Guatemala at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field on June 7.

The Crew season will resume on July 22 against New York City FC. The Crew beat NYCFC in the quarterfinal of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on May 20.


Find out when World Cup play begins below.

When does the 2026 World Cup start?​

The first match of the World Cup, a group stage game between Mexico and South Africa, is on June 11.

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2026 World Cup schedule​

According to FIFA.com via USA Today:

Group Stage:​

Thursday, June 11:

• Group A: Mexico vs. South Africa (Mexico City), 3 p.m. ET
• Group A: South Korea vs. Czechia (Zapopan, Mexico), 10 p.m. ET

Friday, June 12:

• Group B: Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Toronto), 3 p.m. ET
• Group D: United States vs. Paraguay (Inglewood, Calif.), 9 p.m. ET

Saturday, June 13:

• Group B: Qatar vs. Switzerland (Santa Clara, Calif.), 3 p.m. ET
• Group C: Brazil vs. Morocco (East Rutherford, New Jersey), 6 p.m. ET
• Group C: Haiti vs. Scotland (Foxborough, Mass.), 9 p.m. ET

Sunday, June 14:

• Group D: Australia vs. Türkiye (Vancouver, Canada), 12 a.m. ET
• Group E: Germany vs. Curaçao (Houston), 1 p.m. ET
• Group F: Netherlands vs. Japan (Arlington, Texas), 4 p.m. ET
• Group E: Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador (Philadelphia), 7 p.m. ET
• Group F: Sweden vs. Tunisia (Guadalupe, Mexico), 10 p.m. ET

Monday, June 15:

• Group H: Spain vs. Cape Verde (Atlanta), 12 p.m. ET
• Group G: Belgium vs. Egypt (Seattle), 3 p.m. ET
• Group H: Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay (Miami Gardens, Fla.), 6 p.m. ET
• Group G: Iran vs. New Zealand (Inglewood, Calif.), 9 p.m. ET (June 16)

Tuesday, June 16:

• Group I: France vs. Senegal (East Rutherford, N.J.), 3 p.m. ET
• Group I: Iraq vs. Norway (Foxborough, Mass.), 6 p.m. ET
• Group J: Argentina vs. Algeria (Kansas City, Mo.), 9 p.m. ET

Wednesday, June 17:

• Group J: Austria vs. Jordan (Santa Clara, Calif.), 12 a.m. ET
• Group K: Portugal vs. DR Congo (Houston), 1 p.m. ET
• Group L: England vs. Croatia (Arlington, Texas), 4 p.m. ET
• Group L: Ghana vs. Panama (Toronto), 7 p.m. ET
• Group K: Uzbekistan vs. Colombia (Mexico City), 10 p.m. ET

Thursday, June 18:

• Group A: Czechia vs. South Africa (Atlanta), noon ET
• Group B: Switzerland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Inglewood, Calif.), 3 p.m. ET
• Group B: Canada vs. Qatar (Vancouver, Canada), 6 p.m. ET
• Group A: Mexico vs. South Korea (Zapopan, Mexico), 9 p.m. ET

Friday, June 19:

• Group D: United States vs. Australia (Seattle), 3 p.m. ET
• Group C: Scotland vs. Morocco (Foxborough, Mass.), 6 p.m. ET
• Group C: Brazil vs. Haiti (Philadelphia), 8:30 p.m. ET
• Group D: Türkiye vs. Paraguay (Santa Clara, Calif.), 11 p.m. ET

Saturday, June 20:

• Group F: Netherlands vs. Sweden (Houston), 1 p.m. ET
• Group E: Germany vs. Ivory Coast (Toronto), 4 p.m. ET
• Group E: Ecuador vs. Curaçao (Kansas City, Mo.), 8 p.m. ET

Sunday, June 21:

• Group F: Tunisia vs. Japan (Guadalupe, Mexico), 12 a.m. ET
• Group H: Spain vs. Saudi Arabia (Atlanta), noon ET
• Group G: Belgium vs. Iran (Inglewood, Calif.), 3 p.m. ET
• Group H: Uruguay vs. Cape Verde (Miami Gardens, Fla.), 6 p.m. ET
• Group G: New Zealand vs. Egypt (Vancouver), 9 p.m. ET

Monday, June 22:

• Group J: Argentina vs. Austria (Arlington, Texas), 1 p.m. ET
• Group I: France vs. Iraq (Philadelphia), 5 p.m. ET
• Group I: Norway vs. Senegal (East Rutherford, N.J.), 8 p.m. ET
• Group J: Jordan vs. Algeria (Santa Clara, Calif.), 11 p.m. ET

Tuesday, June 23:

• Group K: Portugal vs. Uzbekistan (Houston), 1 p.m. ET
• Group L: England vs. Ghana (Foxborough, Mass.), 4 p.m. ET
• Group L: Panama vs. Croatia (Toronto), 7 p.m. ET
• Group K: Colombia vs. DR Congo (Zapopan, Mexico), 10 p.m. ET

Wednesday, June 24:

• Group B: Switzerland vs. Canada (Vancouver, Canada), 3 p.m. ET
• Group B: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Qatar (Seattle), 3 p.m. ET
• Group C: Scotland vs. Brazil (Miami Gardens, Fla.), 6 p.m. ET
• Group C: Morocco vs. Haiti (Atlanta), 6 p.m. ET
• Group A: Czechia vs. Mexico (Mexico City), 9 p.m. ET
• Group A: South Africa vs. South Korea (Guadalupe, Mexico), 9 p.m. ET

Thursday, June 25:

• Group E: Ecuador vs. Germany (East Rutherford, N.J.), 4 p.m. ET
• Group E: Curacao vs. Ivory Coast (Philadelphia), 4 p.m. ET
• Group F: Japan vs. Sweden (Arlington, Texas), 7 p.m. ET
• Group F: Tunisia vs. Netherlands (Kansas City, Mo.), 7 p.m. ET
• Group D: Türkiye vs. United States (Inglewood, Calif.), 10 p.m. ET
• Group D: Paraguay vs. Australia (Santa Clara, Calif.), 10 p.m. ET

Friday, June 26:

• Group I: Norway vs. France (Foxborough, Mass.), 3 p.m. ET
• Group I: Senegal vs. Iraq (Toronto), 3 p.m. ET
• Group H: Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia (Houston), 8 p.m. ET
• Group H: Uruguay vs. Spain (Zapopan, Mexico), 8 p.m. ET
• Group G: Egypt vs. Iran (Seattle), 11 p.m. ET
• Group G: New Zealand vs. Belgium (Vancouver, Canada), 11 p.m. ET

Saturday, June 27:

• Group L: Panama vs. England (East Rutherford, N.J.), 5 p.m. ET
• Group L: Croatia vs. Ghana (Philadelphia), 5 p.m. ET
• Group K: Colombia vs. Portugal (Miami Gardens, Fla.), 7:30 p.m. ET
• Group K: DR Congo vs. Uzbekistan (Atlanta Stadium), 7:30 p.m. ET
• Group J: Algeria vs. Austria (Kansas City, Mo.), 10 p.m. ET
• Group J: Jordan vs. Argentina (Arlington, Texas), 10 p.m. ET

Round of 32​

Sunday, June 28:

• Group A runners-up vs. Group B runners-up (Inglewood, Calif.), 3 p.m. ET

Monday, June 29:

• Group C winners vs. Group F runners-up (Houston), 1 p.m. ET
• Group E winners vs. Group A/B/C/D/F third place (Foxborough, Mass.), 4:30 p.m. ET
• Group F winners vs. Group C runners-up (Guadalupe, Mexico), 9 p.m. ET

Tuesday, June 30:

• Group E runners-up vs. Group I runners-up (Arlington, Texas), 1 p.m. ET
• Group I winners vs. Group C/D/F/G/H third place (East Rutherford, N.J.), 5 p.m. ET
• Group A winners vs. Group C/E/F/H/I third place (Mexico City), 9 p.m. ET

Wednesday, July 1:

• Group L winners vs. Group E/H/I/J/K third place (Atlanta), noon ET
• Group G winners vs. Group A/E/H/I/J third place (Seattle), 4 p.m. ET
• Group D winners vs. Group B/E/F/I/J third place (Santa Clara, Calif.), 8 p.m. ET

Thursday, July 2:

• Group Hwinners v. Group J runners-up (Inglewood, Calif.), 3 p.m. ET
• Group K runners-up v. Group L runners-up (Toronto), 7 p.m. ET
• Group B winners v. Group E/F/G/I/J third place (Vancouver, Canada), 11 p.m. ET

Friday, July 3:

• Group Drunners-up vs. Group G runners-up (Arlington, Texas), 2 p.m. ET
• Group J winners vs. Group H runners-up (Miami Gardens, Fla.), 6 p.m. ET
• Group K winners vs. Group D/E/I/J/L third place (Kansas City, Mo.), 9:30 p.m. ET

Round of 16​

Saturday, July 4:

• Round of 16 match 1 (Houston), 1 p.m. ET
• Round of 16 match 2 (Philadelphia), 5 p.m. ET

Sunday, July 5:

• Round of 16 match 3 (East Rutherford, N.J.), 4 p.m. ET
• Round of 16 match 4 (Mexico City), 8 p.m. ET

Monday, July 6:

• Round of 16 match 5 (Arlington, Texas), 3 p.m. ET
• Round of 16 match 6 (Seattle), 5 p.m. ET

Tuesday, July 7:

• Round of 16 match 7 (Atlanta), noon ET
• Round of 16 match 8 (Vancouver, Canada), 4 p.m. ET

Quarterfinals​

Thursday, July 9:

• Quarterfinal 1: (Foxborough, Mass.), 4 p.m. ET

Friday, July 10:

• Quarterfinal 2: (Inglewood, Calif.), 3 p.m. ET

Saturday, July 11:

• Quarterfinal 3: (Miami Gardens, Fla.), 5 p.m. ET
• Quarterfinal 4: (Kansas City, Mo.), 9 p.m. ET

Semifinals​

Tuesday, July 14:

• Semifinal 1: (Arlington, Texas), 3 p.m. ET

Wednesday, July 15:

• Semifinal 2: (Atlanta), 3 p.m. ET

Saturday, July 18:

• Third-place game: (Miami Gardens, Florida), 5 p.m. ET

Sunday, July 19:

• Final: (East Rutherford, N.J.), 3 p.m. ET

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: 2026 World Cup schedule, see when first game is played

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