Group D: Australia, Paraguay, and Turkey to Face Co-Hosts

The United States is set to face Australia, Paraguay, and Turkey in Group D of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This was confirmed through official tournament draw details and verified by multiple sources including FIFA and sports news outlets. The group stage matches will begin on June 12, 2026, with the United States playing Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The match is scheduled to kick off at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. Following that, the United States will play Australia on June 19, 2026, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, with a 3 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff. The final group match for the United States will be against Turkey on June 25, 2026, again at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, starting at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. These fixtures were confirmed in official tournament documentation and reported by reputable sports media, which outlined the full schedule for Group D based on the December 2025 draw. As co-hosts of the 2026 World Cup, the United States automatically qualified for the tournament. Their placement in Group D was determined during the final draw, where they were pre-assigned to the group as one of the host nations. The other teams in the group qualified through their respective confederation pathways: Paraguay via the CONMEBOL round-robin stage, Australia through the AFC third round, and Turkey by winning UEFA Playoff Path C. All teams in Group D are scheduled to play their three group matches between June 12 and June 25, 2026, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage, and a potential third-place advancement depending on overall rankings across groups. The United States last appeared in the World Cup in 2022, while Paraguay’s most recent appearance was in 2010, Australia in 2022, and Turkey in 2002. No further details about team preparations, player selections, or coaching strategies were included in the verified sources used for this report. The focus remains on the confirmed matchups, venues, and schedule as established by FIFA.