World Cup day 2: USA, Canada begin – schedule, predictions and how to watch

After Mexico kicked disconnected the tournament connected Thursday, attraction shifts north, with Toronto and Los Angeles hosting the adjacent matches of FIFA’s biggest-ever World Cup.

Canada and the United States some statesman their campaigns connected Friday, but determination is already plentifulness happening successful the matches and outside, too. From a grounds fig of reddish cards to a astonishment status and warnings for influencers travelling to the US, present is what you request to know.

What’s the World Cup docket connected June 12?

The World Cup continues connected Friday with the archetypal matches connected location ungraded for Canada and the US.

Canada begins their run against Bosnia and Herzegovina astatine BMO Field successful Toronto. Kickoff is scheduled for 3pm section clip (19:00 GMT).

Later, the US look Paraguay astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, with kickoff astatine 6pm section clip (01:00 GMT connected June 13).

Where tin you ticker the games?

Fans successful the US tin ticker each lucifer successful English connected FOX and FS1, with each 104 games besides disposable to watercourse connected FOX One and the FOX Sports app.

• FOX World Cup hub
• FOX Sports livestreaming

Spanish-language sum successful the US is disposable connected Telemundo and Universo, with streaming done Peacock. Cord-cutters tin besides ticker via services that transportation FOX and FS1, including Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream.

• Peacock
• Fubo World Cup guide
• Hulu + Live TV
• YouTube TV
• DirecTV Stream

In Canada, TSN is the superior English-language broadcaster, with selected matches besides shown connected CTV. French-language viewers tin travel the enactment connected RDS and RDS2.

• TSN World Cup coverage
• CTV Sports
• RDS

What bash the predictions accidental for Canada vs Bosnia-Herzegovina?

Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina person ne'er faced each different before, making Friday’s gathering successful Toronto a archetypal for some sides.

Canada are inactive looking for their archetypal World Cup triumph aft losing each 3 of their matches successful the 2 erstwhile editions they reached – 1986 and 2022. However, the squad has made immense advancement successful caller years, rising from extracurricular FIFA’s apical 100 successful 2017 to 30th successful the satellite rankings.

As for the prediction, the Opta supercomputer makes Canada wide favourites. In 10,000 pre-match simulations, the hosts won 58.3 percent of the time. Bosnia-Herzegovina came retired connected apical successful 20 percent of simulations, portion 21.7 percent ended successful a draw.

Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina

What bash the predictions accidental for USA vs Paraguay?

The US’s lone erstwhile World Cup gathering with Paraguay came astatine the inaugural tourney successful 1930, erstwhile the North Americans secured a 3-0 victory.

The teams person seldom met since. Paraguay got the amended of the US astatine the 2007 Copa America, portion the Americans returned the favour with a constrictive triumph astatine the 2016 edition.

Opta expects a adjacent brushwood successful Inglewood. Across 10,000 simulations, the US won 39.8 percent of the time, Paraguay emerged victorious successful 33.6 percent, portion 26.6 percent finished level.

What other is shaping the World Cup?

From record-setting reddish cards to viral societal media moments, respective storylines are already competing for attention.

Red cards bargain the spotlight

Mexico’s 2-0 triumph implicit South Africa produced an unexpected portion of World Cup past by becoming the archetypal opening lucifer to diagnostic 3 reddish cards.

South Africa’s Sphephelo Sithole and Themba Zwane were some sent disconnected earlier Mexico’s Cesar Montes saw reddish heavy into stoppage time. None of the dismissals came via a 2nd yellowish card.

Only Portugal’s infamous 2006 clash with the Netherlands, which produced 4 sendings-off, has seen much expulsions successful a World Cup game.

For comparison, the full 2022 World Cup successful Qatar saw lone 4 reddish cards successful total.

Japan skipper Wataru Endo retired of the World Cup

The Samurai Blue suffered a large stroke earlier their opening lucifer aft skipper Wataru Endo withdrew from the squad with a ft wounded earlier announcing his status from planetary football.

The 33-year-old Liverpool midfielder said helium had “no regrets” implicit the determination aft struggling to retrieve from country earlier this year.

Mexico’s Quinones scores archetypal extremity astatine World Cup

Julian Quinones made history by scoring the archetypal extremity of the 2026 World Cup, joining a database of players that includes Pele.

Born successful Colombia, the 29-year-old played for the country’s younker teams but ne'er the elder Colombian side. After moving to Mexico successful 2016, helium became a Mexican national successful 2023 and was rapidly called up to the nationalist team.

Quinones has been successful fantabulous signifier since joining Saudi nine Al Qadsiah successful 2024, finishing the 2025-26 play arsenic the Saudi Pro League’s apical scorer with 33 goals. His almighty decorativeness against South Africa showed precisely wherefore helium has go specified an important subordinate for Mexico.

A informing for World Cup influencers

With thousands of contented creators expected to descend connected North America, a study by El Pais said US authorities had reminded overseas influencers that tourer visas bash not licence visitors to gain wealth from contented produced portion successful the country.

According to the newspaper, a associated connection from US Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security said creating monetised contented successful the US constitutes enactment and requires the due visa.

Al Jazeera could not independently verify the report.

Argentina fans denied US visas get escaped TVs to ticker World Cup

For immoderate Argentina fans, missing retired connected a travel to the World Cup came with an unexpected consolation prize. Argentinian institution Newsan, done its Noblex brand, gave distant 100 televisions to supporters who could beryllium they had been denied a US visa betwixt January and June this year.

“They rejected my visa, truthful I came here,” Argentinian instrumentality Tomas Vageller told Al Jazeera. “I recovered retired due to the fact that my relative told maine astir Noblex, and they truly came through.”

Vageller had hoped to question to North America to ticker what galore judge could beryllium Lionel Messi’s last World Cup appearance.

“I applied for the visa due to the fact that we each deliberation this could beryllium Messi’s past World Cup,” helium said. “I’m precise bittersweet I won’t beryllium capable to spot him, but I’m leaving with a acquisition and, honestly, I’m precise blessed astir this,” helium added.

Seattle braces for the heat

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport unveiled its renovated Terminal C conscionable days earlier the metropolis hosts its archetypal World Cup match.

But organisers whitethorn besides person to contend with antithetic June temperatures, with highs of astir 29 degrees Celsius (85 degrees Fahrenheit) forecast for Belgium’s gathering with Egypt connected Monday, threatening Seattle’s grounds precocious for June 15.

The Spain and Barcelona subordinate is already being tipped arsenic a aboriginal Ballon d’Or victor and, earlier long, could beryllium considered the champion subordinate successful the world.

But this week, helium was doing thing overmuch much ordinary: Shopping astatine Walmart.

Spain is preparing for the 2026 World Cup successful Georgia, and Yamal was spotted by fans astatine a Walmart successful Fort Oglethorpe, seemingly picking up a fewer things. Videos of the astonishment sighting rapidly went viral connected societal media.

Empty seats?

Ticket prices remained a talking constituent astatine the World Cup aft thousands of bare seats were seen during South Korea’s 2-1 triumph implicit the Czech Republic successful Guadalajara.

Large sections of Estadio Akron appeared bare passim the Group A match, adding to the statement implicit FIFA’s summons prices. FIFA President Gianni Infantino had defended the tournament’s dynamic pricing argumentation conscionable a time earlier.

Despite the bare seats, the ambiance wrong the stadium was lively.

The Czech Republic took the pb done Ladislav Krejci earlier South Korea fought back. Hwang In-beom equalised earlier Oh Hyeon-gyu scored the victor to implicit the comeback.

The 2026 variation is the biggest World Cup successful history, featuring 48 teams and 104 matches crossed 16 cities successful the US, Canada and Mexico, up from 32 teams and 64 matches successful Qatar 4 years ago. FIFA expects the tourney to make a grounds $13bn successful gross implicit its four-year cycle, compared with the $7.5bn earned during the erstwhile World Cup cycle.

But the enlargement has besides brought criticism. Dynamic pricing has sent summons prices soaring, with the astir costly seats for the last rising from the $1,550 primitively outlined successful the hosts’ bid to astir $14,000 astatine 1 signifier earlier settling astatine much than $7,000 successful the days earlier kickoff. Following England done the radical signifier has been estimated to outgo fans much than $11,000 erstwhile tickets, accommodation and question are factored in.

Environmental groups person besides raised concerns implicit the interaction of staging a tourney crossed 3 countries. Independent researchers estimation the competition’s c footprint could scope betwixt 5 and 9 cardinal tonnes of c dioxide, perchance making it the astir polluting sporting lawsuit ever staged.

The progressively crowded shot calendar has besides renewed statement implicit subordinate welfare. Players who scope the last could play 8 World Cup matches aft gruelling home campaigns, with immoderate apical players already surpassing 60 appearances this play earlier joining their nationalist teams.

Scientists person besides warned that astir 1 successful 4 matches could beryllium played successful temperatures supra recommended subordinate information thresholds.