{"id":9940,"count":65,"description":"<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"1095\">Welcome to our <strong data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"699\">2026 World Cup<\/strong> hub, your ultimate destination for everything related to the biggest football event in the world. Hosted across the <strong data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"842\">USA, Mexico and Canada<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"871\">FIFA World Cup 2026<\/strong> will feature more teams, more matches, and more excitement than ever before. Here, you\u2019ll find the latest <strong data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"996\">World Cup news<\/strong>, complete <strong data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1031\">fixtures and results<\/strong>, in-depth analysis, and expert <strong data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1078\">predictions<\/strong> on every game.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1374\">From team previews to key player updates, we cover all the action leading up to and during the tournament. Stay up to date with the <strong data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1251\">World Cup schedule<\/strong>, discover betting insights with odds comparisons, and follow our coverage of standout performances and breaking stories.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1574\">Whether you\u2019re looking for match reports, tactical breakdowns, or <strong data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1472\">2026 World Cup predictions<\/strong>, The Playoffs brings you comprehensive coverage of the tournament that will shape football history.<\/p>","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/","name":"2026 World Cup","slug":"2026-world-cup","taxonomy":"category","parent":4038,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2026 World Cup - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Follow the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Mexico &amp; Canada with news, schedule, results, predictions, betting odds, teams and players updates.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 World Cup - The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Follow the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Mexico &amp; Canada with news, schedule, results, predictions, betting odds, teams and players updates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/\",\"name\":\"2026 World Cup - The Playoffs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\"},\"description\":\"Follow the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Mexico & Canada with news, schedule, results, predictions, betting odds, teams and players updates.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sports\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"2026 World Cup\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"description\":\"Share passion for sports &amp; betting\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"width\":415,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Playoffs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2026 World Cup - The Playoffs","description":"Follow the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Mexico &amp; Canada with news, schedule, results, predictions, betting odds, teams and players updates.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2026 World Cup - The Playoffs","og_description":"Follow the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Mexico &amp; Canada with news, schedule, results, predictions, betting odds, teams and players updates.","og_url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/","og_site_name":"The Playoffs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@ThePlayoffsEN","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/","name":"2026 World Cup - The Playoffs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website"},"description":"Follow the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Mexico & Canada with news, schedule, results, predictions, betting odds, teams and players updates.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/2026-world-cup\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sports","item":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/sports\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"2026 World Cup"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","name":"The Playoffs","description":"Share passion for sports &amp; betting","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization","name":"The Playoffs","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","width":415,"height":280,"caption":"The Playoffs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/9940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/4038"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=9940"},{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nba-team?categories=9940"},{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nba-player?categories=9940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}