After respective punishment shootouts, play and controversy, the World Cup's Round of 32 is yet over. What does the 2nd circular of the knockout signifier person successful store for us?
The Round of 16 kicks disconnected connected Saturday with 2 matchups and 2 heavy favored teams. Co-host Canada volition get things started successful Houston against Morocco aft a last-gasp victor successful its Round of 32 crippled against South Africa. The Moroccans person precocious hopes successful this tourney aft finishing 3rd astatine the 2022 tourney successful Qatar.
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France, the favourite to triumph the World Cup, volition past look Paraguay successful the day crippled arsenic Kylian Mbappé looks to adhd connected to his Golden Boot tally. The French person outscored their opponents 13-2 truthful acold this tournament. The Paraguayans are aiming to proceed their occurrence tally aft knocking disconnected Germany successful punishment kicks successful the archetypal round.
The winners of the 2 games volition play each different successful Boston connected July 9.
Saturday's Round of 16 schedule
1 p.m. ET (Fox) — Canada vs. Morocco
5 p.m. ET (Fox) — France vs. Paraguay
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Live5 updatesSat, July 4, 2026 astatine 7:04 AM PDT
Sean Leahy
Kylian Mbappé and France successful enactment connected Saturday against Paraguay. Harry Kane and England caput to Mexico City connected Sunday night.
Sat, July 4, 2026 astatine 6:30 AM PDT
Paul Carr
With the Round of 32 successful the books, it's again clip to power-rank the remaining teams successful the 2026 World Cup.
As always, my 2 superior factors were 1) however bully each squad has looked, and 2) however acold the squad tin realistically spell fixed the bracket way ahead. There's a caller (old) apical team, and respective others person shifted tiers, truthful let's get to it …
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, UNITED STATES - JULY 1: (L-R) manager Mauricio Pochettino of USA, Matt Freese of USA celebrating the triumph during the World Cup lucifer betwixt USA v Bosnia and Herzegovina astatine the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium connected July 1, 2026 successful San Francisco Bay Area United States (Photo by Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images)
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Sat, July 4, 2026 astatine 6:20 AM PDT
Sean Leahy
Sat, July 4, 2026 astatine 6:15 AM PDT
Jack Baer
Mauricio Pochettino had a situation connected Friday, oregon astatine slightest a situation successful summation to preparing for Belgium.
The USMNT coach, an Argentinean national, was to propulsion retired the archetypal transportation astatine the Seattle Mariners' game, days earlier his squad's Round of 16 crippled astatine adjacent Lumen Field. The antheral had zero shot experience, putting him astatine hazard of joining the 50 Cent Hall of Fame.
Fortunately, the worries turned retired to beryllium for naught. The 54-year-old Pochettino reared backmost and threw a perfectly acceptable archetypal pitch. It was looping and a spot precocious to beryllium considered a bona fide strike, but consecutive capable that astatine slightest 90% of first-pitch throwers would astir apt instrumentality that outcome.
Sat, July 4, 2026 astatine 6:00 AM PDT
Sean Leahy
The Round of 16 begins today. Take a look astatine our What to Watch to get informed astir today’s matchups.
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