There will be a lot of pressure on the Americans to produce a stronger performance on the pitch. Having finished third in their first-ever appearance back in 1930, they have only gotten past the round of 16 once in their other nine attempts.
The USA did not play qualifiers due to their co-hosting status. Of the 16 venues being used for this World Cup, 11 of them are based in the third-largest country in the world.
With MLS continuing to flourish, the USL taking historic strides, and the women's game still as strong as ever, the US will be hoping to finally announce themselves on the international stage.
USA's World Cup schedule
During the FIFA World Cup draw in December 2025, the US were assigned Group D, alongside Paraguay, Australia, and Turkiye.
The United States' full FIFA World Cup schedule is as follows:
Friday, June 12th: United States - Paraguay (18:00 PST local time, 03:00 CET)
Friday, June 19th: United States - Australia (12:00 PST local time, 21:00 CET)
Thursday, June 25th: Turkiye - United States (19:00 PST local time, 04:00 CET)
Check out the full 2026 FIFA World Cup schedule HERE
Where will the USA play their World Cup games?
All three of the USA's group games will be on the west coast.
Their first and third matches will take place at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. Also known as Los Angeles Stadium, the venue holds 70,000 seats. The city's two NFL teams, the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams, call the stadium home. The LA Bowl, one of several college football bowls, is also held at the venue each year.
The second group game the US will play is in the north-west part of the country at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. The venue will be referred to as Seattle Stadium during the competition. There are currently three tenants that call Lumen Field home: the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, the Seattle Sounders from MLS, and the Seattle Reign in the NWSL. The seating capacity is set at 69,000.
USA's possible World Cup knockout ties
If the US finish top of their group, they will head to San Francisco for the round of 32, where they will face one of the best third-place teams. Kick-off would be at 17:00 local time (23:00 EST on Wednesday, July 1st).
Should they end up in second spot, the Americans will meet the second-place side from Group G. This game would occur on Friday, July 3rd, at 13:00 CST local time (14:00 EST), in Dallas, TX.
With a third-place finish in Group D, the US could advance as one of the best third-placed teams in the tournament. Those round-of-32 games are scheduled (in EST) as follows:
Monday, June 29th, 16:30: Group E Winners vs Best 3rd Place @ Boston, MA
Tuesday, June 30th, 17:00: Group I Winners vs Best 3rd Place @ East Rutherford, NY/NJ
Friday, July 3rd, 21:30: Group K Winners vs Best 3rd Place @ Kansas City, MO
USA's World Cup preparation
Ahead of the World Cup, the US scheduled a total of four friendlies. They already played two of them in March, and will have a couple more in June before they kick off the tournament.
The warm-up schedule looks as follows:
Saturday, March 28th: United States 2-5 Belgium
Tuesday, March 31st: United States 0-2 Portugal
Sunday, May 31st: United States vs Senegal (15:30 EST, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte)
Saturday, June 6th: United States vs Germany (14:30 EST, Soldier Field, Chicago)