FIFA 2026 World Cup hosts are having a great time playing in front of their homecrowds and the teams are taking full advantage of the situation. This is the first world cup to be held across three countries.
Mexico have become the first team to book their spot in the next round of world cup knockout stage, and with their co-hosts Canada also making a statement with a huge win over Qatar. This diverts attention towards to, whether the third hosting country United States can continue to make home advantage count for them too.
In the day 8 final game, Mexico secured top spot in Group A with a hard fought victory against Son heung-min's South korea in Guadalajara.
With recent performance of Canada against Qatar, it's for sure that the hosts are loving it. Canada recorded their first victory at the men's football world cup beating Qatar 6-0 in Vancouver and took the top spot in Group B, just above Switzerland on goal difference .
The United States Men's national team thrashing victory over Paraguay 4-1 in their world cup opening game last Friday increases their chances for qualifying to the knockout stage, USMNT will face Australia in Seattle on Friday afternoon (12:00am PST time) if this match ends with a win for the U.S. it will guarantee its spot in the knockout round.