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The World Cup last volition footwear disconnected astatine 3 p.m. EDT adjacent July 19 astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.
FIFA announced the commencement times for the tournament's 104 matches connected Saturday (December 6, 2025), a time aft the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament. The kickoff clip allows for prime-time viewing successful Europe, wherever it volition beryllium 9 p.m., and Britain, wherever it volition beryllium 8 p.m.
The mean 3 p.m. somesthesia implicit the past 30 years successful East Rutherford connected July 19 is 83 degrees (28 Celsius) with a RealFeel scale of 89 (32), according to AccuWeather.
The World Cup opener astatine Mexico City connected June 11 betwixt El Tri and South Africa volition commencement astatine 1 p.m. section (3 p.m. EDT).
Semifinals volition commencement astatine 2 p.m. (3 p.m. EDT) connected July 14 astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, and 3 p.m. the pursuing time astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, some of which person retractable roofs.
FIFA announced connected Feb. 4 past twelvemonth that the last was scheduled for New Jersey and that June 12 revealed site-specific matchups for games successful the caller circular of 32, circular of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals.
Seventy-eight games volition beryllium successful the U.S., including each from the quarterfinals on, and 13 apiece successful Canada and Mexico.
During an lawsuit astatine the Capital Hilton, FIFA besides announced sites of the 54 radical signifier games not finalized with Friday's draw, which fixed venues for lone Groups A, B and D — which see co-hosts Mexico, Canada and the United States.
South Korea is the lone squad different than Canada and Mexico with nary games successful the U.S., playing its opener successful Guadalajara against the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland oregon North Macedonia, past facing El Tri astatine the aforesaid venue and finishing the circular against South Africa successful Monterrey.
The U.S. first-round games volition beryllium a 6 p.m. section commencement (9 p.m. EDT) against Paraguay astatine Inglewood connected June 12, a noon kickoff (3 p.m. EDT) vs. Australia astatine Seattle 7 days aboriginal and a 7 p.m. commencement connected June 25 astatine SoFi against Turkey, Romania, Slovakia oregon Kosovo.
