The usmen's nationwide soccer workforce discovered on Friday who their opponents can be within the World Cup, which can be held in Qatar this yr. It is the first World Cup the U.S. males's workforce has been in since 2014.
FIFA laid out the teams after greater than a yr of qualifying matches throughout the game's totally different conferences. The U.S. was drawn into Group B, together with England and IR Iran. The winner between Scotland, Ukraine and Wales will take the ultimate remaining European playoff spot and be a part of the group.
The U.S. will play their match opener towards the winner of the European playoff on November 21, then England on November — the day after Thanksgiving — and end off the group stage with Iran on November 29.
Soccer broadcaster Ian Paul Pleasure mentioned on CBS Sports activities HQ that it is going to be a "very powerful group" for the U.S. The Individuals are presently fifteenth on the earth in FIFA's rankings, whereas England is fifth and Iran is twenty first.
Almost 4 and a half years after American soccer star Christian Pulisic buried his head in his fingers to cover his tears over a surprising defeat, the U.S. rebounded to qualify for this yr's World Cup. A 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday left the Individuals in third place after the ultimate evening of qualifying for North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Of their final World Cup look, the U.S. males's nationwide workforce misplaced to Belgium in further time within the spherical of 16, CBSSports.com stories.