World Cup 2026

The FIFA Club World Cup this summer will be a practice run for public health officials to prepare for a larger crowd of international visitors in 2026.

The Linc has eight games of the tournament, including one on July 4. Here’s a guide to the teams, tickets and how to follow it around the city.

Organizers are counting down the seconds until June 11, 2026 — and now you can too.

"We recognize that we’re planning within uncertainty,” said Meg Kane, Philadelphia's host city executive, at a gathering of the 11 U.S. host city leaders.

Philly is hosting six games on the biggest stage in soccer, including a Fourth of July game during the Semiquincentennial.

“For us as Philadelphia to be a host to players that are so ingrained in soccer worldwide is awesome,” Meg Kane, host city executive of Philadelphia Soccer 2026, said.

The legendary captain will not lead the defending FIFA Men’s World Cup champions on the field, after he was ruled out with a hamstring injury.

The captain was injured last week while playing for his Inter Miami club in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Lincoln Financial Field will play host to a Fourth of July round-of-16 game during the semiquincentennial, as well as five group games in June.

New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium beat out AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas as the venue for the final on July 19.

The 25-year-old winger from Hershey, Pa., in his first season with AC Milan, also won in 2017, ’19 and ’21.

The son of a post official from the working-class Munich district of Giesing, Beckenbauer became one of the greatest players to grace the game.

Other sites and scheduling for the 16-team event will be revealed later.

The Mexico and Germany men’s national football teams ended in a 2-2 draw in front of 62,284 fans, in an atmosphere that rivaled Game 2 of the NLCS.

The deal still needs formal approval at a meeting of FIFA's 211 member federations.