Texas hosting three matchups in Round of 32 at FIFA World Cup
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Comments: by Billy Gates - 06/29/26 11:11 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Billy Gates - 06/29/26 11:11 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING AUSTIN (KXAN) — Canada kicked off the Round of 32 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup with some flair Sunday in Los Angeles, scoring in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to beat South Africa 1-0 for the nation’s first knockout round victory.
The tournament’s expansion from 32 to 48 teams created an extra knockout round in hopes of giving countries moments like this. With 15 matches left in the round, Texas plays host to three of them, so a Lone Star State stadium could be the site of an historic victory. Outside of Sunday’s opening match, the Round of 32 features three matches per day from Monday through Friday.
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, renamed Dallas Stadium for the World Cup, will hold a pair of matches, while Reliant Stadium (Houston Stadium to FIFA) gets one. Brazil faces Japan in Houston at 8 p.m. CT Monday, and Ivory Coast makes its first knockout round appearance against reigning English Premier League Golden Boot winner Erling Haaland and Norway at noon Tuesday.
The last match of the round pits Australia against Egypt, featuring international superstar Mo Salah, at 8:30 p.m. Brazil won Group C on the strength of its 6-3 goal differential over Morocco, while both teams tallied seven points in group play. The electric Vinicius Junior leads the five-time world champions into a tricky matchup with Samurai Blue, who finished runners-up in Group F after an unbeaten slate with two draws.
Is this Brazilian team as good as the ones before it? Probably not, but they are still very dangerous as the No. 5 team in the FIFA world rankings.
17 in FIFA) has been to the first knockout round three times in its history, so an upset win over Brazil would be a monumental achievement for the nation. After never advancing out of the group stage in three previous tournaments in 2006, 2010 and 2014, Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) nearly won Group E. The small nation along the west African coast officially finished second to Germany on goal differential after both notched six points in group play.
The squad can diversify its attack with Manchester United’s Amad Diallo, along with captain Franck Kessié and Villarreal’s Nicolas Pepe. Pepe leads the team with two goals in the tournament, scoring both against Curaçao in a 2-0 win to send the team to the knockouts.
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