United States 2026 Schedule & Game Calendar

The United States open at home in Group D

The United States come into the 2026 World Cup as a co-host, with the tournament shared across the country alongside Canada and Mexico, and that home advantage runs right through Group D. All three group games sit on home soil. The draw lines up Paraguay, Australia, and Turkey, three sides from three confederations, and the fixtures play out on the West Coast between June 12 and June 25.

The campaign could hardly have opened better. The United States beat Paraguay 4-1 at the Los Angeles Stadium on June 12, a result that banks three points and a big goal-difference swing in one night. From there the schedule heads up to the Pacific Northwest for Australia in Seattle on June 19, before circling back to Los Angeles for Turkey on June 25.

The path forward is in the team’s own hands. Two sides from every group advance automatically, and the eight best third-placed teams across the 12 groups also reach the Round of 32, with group winners handed a friendlier slot in the bracket. A 4-1 opening win gives the United States real control of Group D. The job now is to protect that position through the Seattle and Los Angeles fixtures and lock in a finish near the top.

Three home dates that shape the United States group

The opener is settled. The United States played Paraguay at 9:00 PM ET on June 12 at the Los Angeles Stadium and won 4-1, the ideal first night for a host nation in front of its own fans. Three points, four goals, and a cushion in the table before the group even reached its midpoint.

The second game brings Australia to Seattle on June 19 for a 3:00 PM ET kickoff, the only afternoon start of the three. It is another home fixture, and a win would go a long way toward securing top spot in Group D ahead of the final round. Australia opened with a victory of their own, so the United States know this is no formality, but a confident result here would all but settle the team’s place in the knockout rounds.

The group closes at the Los Angeles Stadium on June 25 against Turkey at 10:00 PM ET. The seed lists the United States as the away team for this one, a quirk of the schedule even though the match is on home soil. By kickoff the United States may already have first place sewn up, or the final standings may still be in play. It is the date to keep free, because where the United States finish in Group D decides which half of the knockout bracket opens up in front of them.

Line the three dates up and the run looks kind. A statement win to open in Los Angeles, an afternoon home game in Seattle, then a return to Los Angeles to finish, all inside 13 days and all on home soil. The order favors the United States too. Banking three points and four goals in the first game means the Australia and Turkey fixtures can be approached from the front, with the United States protecting a position rather than chasing one. In a four-team group that is the difference between controlling your own fate and waiting on results elsewhere, and right now the United States hold the better hand in Group D.

What the fast start sets up for the United States

A 4-1 opening win does more than bank three points for the United States, it shapes the seeding race. Two teams advance automatically from every group, and the eight best third-placed teams across the 12 groups complete the Round of 32, but the prize the United States are really chasing is first place. Group winners get the gentler side of the draw, and after one game the United States already sit in a commanding spot in Group D on both points and goal difference. The four-goal margin from the Paraguay match is a buffer that could prove useful if the standings tighten, since goal difference is the first tiebreaker once points are level.

From here the United States can play the percentages. A win over Australia in Seattle would, in most scenarios, secure a top-two finish with a game to spare, and a positive result against Turkey in Los Angeles could lock up first outright. The team is not chasing the group, it is steering it, which is a rare luxury in a 48-team field where plenty of fancied sides have found the opening round awkward. The job is to convert a strong start into the seeding that makes the knockout draw kinder.

Being a host nation helps with the logistics too. All three of the United States group games are at home and on the West Coast, two at the Los Angeles Stadium and one in Seattle, across an 11-day stretch. The kickoffs range from a 9:00 PM ET opener to a 3:00 PM ET afternoon slot in Seattle and a 10:00 PM ET finale, so there is variety in the timing even with the geography kept tight. For fans planning to catch every minute, that spread is worth mapping in advance, which is what the calendar download below handles.

How the 48-team bracket sets up for the United States

Clear Group D and the new format takes hold. The 2026 World Cup stretches to 104 matches and adds a Round of 32 that the old 32-team setup never had, so there is an extra round to get through before the Round of 16 that longtime fans know as the first knockout stage. The top two from each group, plus the eight best third-placed teams, all feed into that Round of 32, and from there it is straight elimination: Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final on July 19.

The first knockout opponent for the United States is not set, and it cannot be until all 12 groups have finished their closing fixtures. The bracket assembles from the top as group placings lock in, so any opponent for the United States only becomes clear in the final days of the group stage. The whole picture, every group and the bracket as it forms, lives on the 2026 World Cup overview.

For a host nation, the knockouts are where the tournament truly gets measured. A strong group exit counts for little if the first elimination game slips away, and the expanded bracket means one more round to come through than at any World Cup before it. That context sits behind every group result for the United States. The points banked so far are seeding for the games that decide who goes deep.

Saving the United States World Cup schedule

Every United States fixture on this page can be dropped onto your calendar in moments. Use the download button on the schedule above to pull the full campaign as an ICS file, a CSV spreadsheet, or a printable PDF, and take either the whole set of matches or just one game if that is all you want.

The ICS file is the smoothest option for most people. Bring it into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook and the United States group games appear with the kickoff times already converted to your zone, plus the venue and the host city on each entry. Since the schedule runs on live tournament data, it corrects itself as well: a changed kickoff time, or a confirmed knockout opponent for the United States, updates in place with nothing for you to do.

Following more than one team across the tournament? The same downloads are there for every nation at the 2026 World Cup, so you can set the United States fixtures next to another side and read the whole tournament off one calendar. Block out June 12, June 19, and June 25 for the Group D games first, then let any knockout dates fall in behind them as the bracket takes shape.