{"id":208074,"date":"2026-04-18T09:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/when-is-fifa-world-cup-2026-fifa-games-in-philly-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:32:20","slug":"when-is-fifa-world-cup-2026-fifa-games-in-philly-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/when-is-fifa-world-cup-2026-fifa-games-in-philly-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"When is FIFA World Cup 2026? FIFA games in Philly &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In less than two months, the <a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/2026\/04\/16\/2026-fifa-world-cup-information\/89639563007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>FIFA 2026 World Cup<\/a> will kick off (literally) with over 100 matches scheduled in cities across the country, including Philadelphia.<br \/>Here&#8217;s a refresher on what teams are playing in the city, when and where.<br \/><a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/04\/14\/buy-world-cup-tickets-2026-every-stadium\/89617872007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>The World Cup<\/a> starts on Thursday, June 11, with two matches.<br \/>Mexico will play South Africa at Mexico City Stadium, and The Korea Republic will play Czechia at Estadio Guadalajara.<br \/>Games will run through Sunday, July 19, where the final is set to take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.<br \/>The first FIFA game scheduled in Philadelphia will be Sunday, June 14 between Co\u0302te d&#8217;Ivoire and Ecuador (Group E).<br \/>Games will take place at Lincoln Financial Field,<a href=\/story\/news\/2026\/04\/17\/why-is-the-linc-removing-eagles-posters-for-the-fifa-world-cup-renaming-rebranding\/89657542007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a> which will be renamed &#8220;Philadelphia Stadium&#8221;<\/a> for the events.<br \/>Other games will be played as follows:<br \/>The Linc is located in the city&#8217;s stadium district off of Pattison Ave and 11th St.<br \/><em>Kaitlyn McCormick is a Philadelphia-based reporter writing all things trending, breaking and city-related for USA TODAY&#8217;s Philadelphia Metro Connect Team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQSEtWbXZGV05wRVpSaTFMZUNXMkxOTHVIRkllNi1Qa2VCWmRYcDhjZUhQc2JhdHdZRXhOVEg2blNKUzQwUUY4Ujd0ck1YVUh3SnRyQ29TYnJSaVllMm1vTWk4T2dyOF85aHNva0VtdHBnN19pYjlxSkpRc25OTjBKV2tVZkd5NEtxSkVweGw2T2NjclNqUzBXeThIY3JScEdMNEtJWDFza2ZBeVhlR3lzNVgyMXQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In less than two months, the FIFA 2026 World Cup will kick off (literally) with over 100 matches scheduled in cities across the country, including Philadelphia.Here&#8217;s a refresher on what teams are playing in the city, when and where.The World Cup starts on Thursday, June 11, with two matches.Mexico will play South Africa at Mexico [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-208074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}