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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (WABC) — <\/span>Futbol fever is hitting the U.S. hard in anticipation of the World Cup next summer.<\/p>\n FIFA announced the start times for the tournament’s 104 matches on Saturday, a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament to be played in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The kickoff time allows for prime-time viewing in Europe, where it will be 9 p.m., and Britain, where it will be 8 p.m.<\/p>\n MetLife Stadium will play host to eight fixtures during the FIFA World Cup 26, beginning with five Group Stage matches:<\/p>\n Match 7 – Saturday, 13 June 2026 at 18:00 ET, BRA vs MAR (Group C)<\/p>\n Match 17 – Tuesday, 16 June 2026 at 15:00 ET, FRA vs SEN (Group I)<\/p>\n Match 41 – Monday, 22 June 2026 at 20:00 ET, NOR vs SEN (Group I)<\/p>\n Match 56 – Thursday, 25 June 2026 at 16:00 ET, ECU vs GER (Group E)<\/p>\n Match 67 – Saturday, 27 June 2026 at 17:00 ET, PAN vs ENG (Group L)<\/p>\n The region will also serve as the home of a Round of 32 match, a Round of 16 match, and the highly anticipated final:<\/p>\n Match 77 – Tuesday, 30 June 2026 at 17:00 ET, Round of 32<\/p>\n Match 91 – Sunday, 5 July 2026 at 16:00 ET, Round of 16<\/p>\n Match 104 – Sunday, 19 July 2026 at 15:00 ET, Final<\/p>\n Fans will soon have another opportunity to apply for FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets as the next sales period, the Random Selection Draw, will begin on December 11 on FIFA.com\/tickets<\/a> and is open through January 13, 2026<\/p>\n For more information about the NYNJ region, including official FIFA Fan Festival plans and other activity planned throughout the region, fans can visit nynjfwc26.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the full World Cup match schedule, CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n ———- Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Copyright \u00a9 2025 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (WABC) — Futbol fever is hitting the U.S. hard in anticipation of the World Cup next summer. FIFA announced the start times for the tournament’s 104 matches on Saturday, a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament to be played in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The kickoff time … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2026-FIFA-World-Cup-schedule-at-MetLife-Stadium-Match-dates.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12490,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions\/12490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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