WASHINGTON — The World Cup ultimate will kick off at 3 p.m. EDT subsequent July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
FIFA introduced the beginning occasions for the event’s 104 matches on Saturday, a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation event. The kickoff time permits for prime-time viewing in Europe, the place it will likely be 9 p.m., and Britain, the place it will likely be 8 p.m.
The common 3 p.m. temperature over the previous 30 years in East Rutherford on July 19 is 83 levels (28 Celsius) with a RealFeel index of 89 (32), in keeping with AccuWeather.
9 of the ten World Cup finals from 1978 via 2014 began within the 2-3:30 p.m. EDT vary, the exception 2002 in Japan, which started at 7 a.m. EDT. The 2018 ultimate began at 11 a.m. EDT and the 2022 championship of a event shifted to winter in Qatar at 10 a.m. EST.
The 1994 ultimate on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, kicked off at 12:30 p.m. native time (3:30 p.m. EDT).
The World Cup opener at Mexico Metropolis on June 11 between El Tri and South Africa will begin at 1 p.m. native (3 p.m. EDT).
Semifinals will begin at 2 p.m. (3 p.m. EDT) on July 14 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and three p.m. the next day at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, each of which have retractable roofs.
FIFA introduced on Feb. 4 final 12 months that the ultimate was scheduled for New Jersey and that June 12 revealed site-specific matchups for video games within the new spherical of 32, spherical of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals.
Seventy-eight video games will probably be within the U.S., together with all from the quarterfinals on, and 13 apiece in Canada and Mexico.
Throughout an occasion on the Capital Hilton, FIFA additionally introduced websites of the 54 group stage video games not finalized with Friday’s draw, which mounted venues for under Teams A, B and D — which embody co-hosts Mexico, Canada and the US.
South Korea is the one group aside from Canada and Mexico with no video games within the U.S., enjoying its opener in Guadalajara in opposition to the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eire or North Macedonia, then dealing with El Tri on the similar venue and ending the spherical in opposition to South Africa in Monterrey.
The U.S. first-round video games will probably be a 6 p.m. native begin (9 p.m. EDT) in opposition to Paraguay at Inglewood on June 12, a midday kickoff (3 p.m. EDT) vs. Australia at Seattle seven days later and a 7 p.m. begin on June 25 at SoFi in opposition to Turkey, Romania, Slovakia or Kosovo.
