The Matches
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off with a gap match in Mexico Metropolis at Estadio Azteca (North America’s most well-known soccer venue), with the ultimate World Cup recreation being held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Philadelphia hosts six World Cup matches at Lincoln Monetary Discipline from June 14 to July 4, 2026, 5 within the group stage and one within the knockout stage (assume: the playoffs).
Philly’s group stage video games, the place certified groups initially compete in opposition to different nations of their semi-randomly assigned teams, happen on the Linc on the next dates:
- Sunday, June 14, 2026
- Friday, June 19, 2026
- Monday, June 22, 2026
- Thursday, June 25, 2026
- Saturday, June 27, 2026
The highest two groups from every group then transfer into the single-elimination knockout stage, which is a bracket made up of the spherical of 32, the spherical of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the World Cup Closing.
Philadelphia hosts one of many spherical of 16 knockout matches — that includes a high-stakes recreation between two of the world’s high 16 soccer groups — on Saturday, July 4th, 2026, certainly one of Philly’s largest holidays and America’s Semiquincentennial.
