U.S. Men’s National Team to Face Belgium in Round of 16 of FIFA World Cup 2026

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2 July 2026

With its 2-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32, the U.S. Men’s National Team is through to the Round of 16 of the

FIFA

World Cup

2026 for the fourth time in as many tries. The result means the

Stars and Stripes

will face Belgium on Monday, July 6 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET in Seattle, Wash. as they look to remain unbeaten at the cavernous venue.

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Thursday, 2 July 2026

The win against Bosnia and Herzegovina was the second

knockout stage victory in program history. Additionally, the result snapped a 12-match winless streak against European opposition.

In the group stage, the USMNT constructed a 2W-1L-0D record thanks to victories against Paraguay and Australia. The

concluded the group stage with a narrow 3-2 loss against Türkiye in which a USMNT-record nine changes were made to the starting lineup from the Australia match.

The USMNT has faced the

Red Devils

on seven prior instances. The first meeting—the United States’ lone victory—came in the form of a 3-0 victory at the inaugural 1930

in Montevideo, Uruguay. That contest nearly 100 years ago marked the USMNT’s first-ever match at a

and still stands as the joint-largest margin of victory for the

at the

, recently matched by the USMNT’s three-goal victory against Paraguay to open this year’s tournament.

Since then, the

United States

has lost six consecutive matches against Belgium, with the two most recent encounters coming in the Round of 16 of the 2014

in Brazil and a pre-World Cup tune-up in Atlanta earlier this year. A win in the Round of 16 would see the

progress to the Quarterfinals of the

for the first time since 2002.

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