The start of the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States is less than three months away. This news cycle for this summer's tournament is in full swing and there is no better place to follow it all than right here at The Athletic.

Follow along for Team USA’s final qualifying game.

The four winners will qualify for the 2026 World Cup tournament. Sixteen nations qualified for the UEFA World Cup Play-offs - the 12 group runners-up from UEFA qualifying and four from Nations League finishing positions - and they were seeded based on their FIFA Men's World Ranking.

Bermuda put on a great show despite suffering a narrow 2-0 loss to Haiti in their final group B match at the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 World Cup Qualifiers in Costa Rica on Sunday. Hunting for their

ZURICH (AP) — Ahead of World Cup qualifying playoffs next week, Leeds forward Joël Piroe has been cleared by FIFA to play for Suriname. Piroe and Melayro Bogarde, a defender with Austrian club LASK, are Netherlands youth internationals with family ties to Suriname,