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As the 2026 World Cup came into focus after Friday’s draw, U.S. men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino reiterated his call for the entire country to get behind his players — and for those players to fight for their country. The national team, he said, is “not a normal team,” and the World Cup is not a normal event.
Follow the World Cup draw with live updates and find out who the USMNT and soccer's best will be facing during the 2026 tournament. The expanded 2026 World Cup will be the biggest in history featuring 48 countries – up from 32 – battling for soccer's ultimate prize in North America.
The USA national team is back in the 2026 FIFA World Cup after reaching the knockout rounds in Qatar three years ago, but Mauricio Pochettino and his soccer team will be hoping to make a deeper run this time around on home soil in the first-ever expanded tournament that features 48 countries from around the
FIFA released the World Cup schedule on Saturday that will feature 104 matches spread across 11 cities in the United States, with three in Mexico and two in Canada.
The US should 'come up with another name' for football because that term belongs to soccer, Trump says at World Cup draw, renewing historic debate.
The last time the United States hosted the World Cup, U.S. Soccer built on the the financial infusion and the public’s excitement to help launch Major League Soccer.
John Hackworth, who has more than 30 years of experience, has been hired as men’s soccer coach at the Naval Academy.
FIFA have now confirmed the final details of all the fixtures in the group stage of the 2026 World Cup. Friday’s draw confirmed the 12 groups in play next summer across the United States, Canada and Mexico,