U.S. Men's National Soccer (Official Thread)

[wolves2002]

Heidi Klum and Kevin Hart as the hosts? That's a no, Dawg.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Lauren Hill singing to a room mostly full of corrupt, rich, white, old dudes is not something I expected.

 

[OHSportsFan]

So…I guess goodbye to the Group of Death? 48 teams sprinkles in a lot of crap.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Well, it’s time for our fate.

Draw on Fox

The US will open the World Cup against Paraguay on June 12 at SoFi Stadium.

 

[Wells4Heisman]

These groups are so diluted with 48. Well done FIFA, totally ruined the excitement of the Group Stage

 

[OHSportsFan]

So…I guess goodbye to the Group of Death? 48 teams sprinkles in a lot of crap.

Well, except for you England.

That’s probably as tough as it gets.

 

[ScriptOhio]

The draw​

Group A: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Winner Play-off D
Group B: Canada, Winner Play-off A, Qatar, Switzerland
Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland
Group D: United States, Paraguay, Australia, Winner Play-off C
Group E: Germany, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Winner Play-off B, Tunisia
Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand
Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay
Group I: France, Senegal, Winner Play-off 2, Norway
Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan
Group K: Portugal, Winner Play-off 1, Colombia, Uzbekistan
Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama

Final addition to the USMNT's Group D: European playoff winner​

Paraguay, Australia, and now the winner of the playoff series between Turkey, Romania, Slovakia, and Kosovo.
It's a decent group for the Americans that should expect to move on to the next round. Paraguay and Australia could give them problems, but with a home-field advantage, the U.S. are the (slight) favorites here.

Uefa Play-off A: Italy, Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland
Uefa Play-off B: Ukraine, Poland, Albania, Sweden
Uefa Play-off C: Turkey, Slovakia, Kosovo, Romania
Uefa Play-off D: Denmark, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland, North Macedonia
Fifa Play-off 1: DR Congo, Jamaica, New Caledonia
Fifa Play-off 2: Iraq, Bolivia, Suriname

https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/fifa-world-cup-2026-hosts-cities-dates-usa-mexico-canada

FIFA World Cup 2026 dates and schedule​

The next World Cup will return to being played in the traditional period, between the months of June and July. The World Cup final date has been set as Sunday, 19 July, with the opening match due to take place on Thursday, 11 June.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Columbus should have been a site. I call bullshit

 

[OHSportsFan]

Future fired USMNT coach.

(I kid but good for Michael)

 

[Bestbuck36]

Well if he can get em to play as hard as he did, we'll be OK I guess. Scoring some goals would be great as well.

 

[AKAK]

My kid still calls him Caillou for beaing bald, whiny and Canadian. (Toronto)

 

[BigWoof31]

LA, Seattle, LA
Win the group and play in San Fran.

Tell me where USA soccer is headquartered without telling me where USA soccer is headquartered.
Runner up in Group D gets Dallas...heaven forbid

Also - what does BEFIJ mean as the possible opponent for Group D?
They just get to pick someone?

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I remember how young and stupid I was thinking that I'd be able to pop on over to NY or Philly and finally get to see a live USMNT game. What an idiot I was.

 

[Bestbuck36]

I mean at least put us in fucking KC or somewhere in the middle! Absolutely brutal.

I wonder if our floundering over the past year might have had an influence that our system just said fuck it get as much money as possible since we basically have no shot?

 

[OHSportsFan]

Screaming curses. Tyler Adams out 2-3 months. Need him in bubble wrap after that.



Love me some Adams.