2026 FIFA World Cup: Friendly matches

Since we have several teams already qualified, it may be time to jumpstart this thread with a few results. I'm only posting matches featuring at least one qualified team, but you're free to also discuss friendlies featuring teams that can still qualify. Canadian Shield Cup: Canada 4–2 Ukraine Ivory Coast 0–1 New Zealand On June 10, Canada face Ivory Coast while New Zealand will face Ukraine. Other friendlies: Mexico 2–4 Switzerland United States 1–2 Turkey On June 10, Mexico will face Turkey while the United States will face Switzerland.

2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship: 11 July 2025: Hong Kong 0–2 South Korea 12 July 2025: Japan 2–0 China

Yeah England was mixing it up a bit, but they are one of the few teams that can put out 3 or 4 good first 11s. .3 or 4?

The team is obviously playing horribly right now. The make shift lineup and experimenting does not help but there really is no quick fix to the back line issues and the Keeper. Still have a year to fix the issues though. And we saw how Russia played like garbage in the 2018 cycle and raised their game with a little help from home cooking and FIFA in the WC. Let's see what happens in 12 months time.

Break out the popcorn. Nom nom nomI definitely enjoyed that. After a frustrating UEFA Nations League campaign that saw us relegated, where scoring was a major issue, it was nice to see eight goals against the top two teams in Concacaf (or should Canada be in there?) I appreciate this was far from a first choice lineup for the US, but after about 10 minutes this game had training match characteristics. @HomietheClown - your thoughts?

Man, the Swiss are utterly ragdolling the US.Break out the popcorn. Nom nom nom

24 July 2025: Uganda 2–1 Senegal

Yeah, Canada wins with 4 points. In the Yank shield, the US finished dead last. Switzerland finished top with 2 wins and plus 6 goal diff.Switzerland - 6 pts, +6 GD Turkey - 3 pts, 0 GD Mexico - 3 pts, -1 GD USA - 0 pts, -5 GD That's four losses on the trot for the USMNT (Panama and Canada in the CNL, and Turkey and Switzerland this month).

That England lineup was kind of mixed "B"/"A" team though right? Especially the back line and Keeper. But also Senegal is a good team.They didn't look so hot against, I believe Andorra either, though

Yeah, Canada wins with 4 points. In the Yank shield, the US finished dead last. Switzerland finished top with 2 wins and plus 6 goal diff.B or C team to be fair, bit no excuse for the mauling.