The first two days of the 2026 World Cup are officially in the books, and all three host nations can hold their heads high after avoiding defeat in their opening matches.
The pressure was on the U.S. men’s national team, Canada and Mexico to show up and show out in their first games on home soil. In the entire existence of the World Cup, only one host nation lost its first match—and that unwanted bit of history belongs to Qatar, who fell to Ecuador four years ago.
