{"id":6289,"date":"2026-07-06T21:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:14:35","slug":"usas-path-to-2026-world-cup-final-latest-projected-opponents-after-spain-vs-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6289","title":{"rendered":"USA&#039;s Path To 2026 World Cup Final: Latest Projected Opponents After Spain vs. Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The United States men&#8217;s national team now knows its path to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and it&#8217;s not going to be easy \u2014 far from it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Although the U.S. won Group D by winning two group-stage matches for the first time since 1930, it is expected to play just one team ranked lower than it in the FIFA Men\u2019s World Rankings through the knockout stage due to some surprises on the final days of group play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Additionally, the United States is already a long-shot to win the World Cup even after its strong start to the tournament with +3500 odds, the ninth-best odds in the field. Still, the Americans&#8217; performance in the group stage has dared their fans \u2014 and themselves \u2014 to dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about the United States&#8217; path to the 2026 FIFA World Cup final:<\/p>\n<p><span>(Photo by Jamie Squire\/Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>This simulation of the United States\u2019 path to the World Cup final assumes two things:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>This creates the hardest \u2014\u00a0and maybe most realistic \u2014 path for the U.S. to make the final:<\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0(Photo by Fran Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Date: <\/strong>July 6<br \/><strong>Location: <\/strong>Seattle Stadium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>(Photo by Patrick Smith - FIFA\/FIFA via Getty Images)<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Date: <\/strong>July 10<br \/><strong>Location: <\/strong>Los Angeles Stadium<\/p>\n<p><span>(Photo by Lui Siu Wai\/Xinhua via Getty Images)<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Date: <\/strong>July 15<br \/><strong>Location: <\/strong>Dallas Stadium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>(Photo by Tullio Puglia - FIFA\/FIFA via Getty Images)<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Date: <\/strong>July 19<br \/><strong>Location: <\/strong>New York New Jersey Stadium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The United States men&#8217;s national team now knows its path to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and it&#8217;s not going to be easy \u2014 far from it. Although the U.S. won Group D by winning two group-stage matches for the first time since 1930, it is expected to play just one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}