WORLD CUP DAILY, June 20: U.S. beats Australia; 4 matches Saturday involve Germany, Sweden

WORLD CUP DAILY, June 20: U.S. beats Australia; 4 matches Saturday involve Germany, Sweden

Published 7:00 am Saturday, June 20, 2026

FIFA World Cup Trophy displayed at BC Place Stadium on July 26, 2024 in Vancouver. (Ethan Cairns/Getty Images for FIFA)

Daily FIFA World Cup match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.

There were four World Cup matches Friday and another four Saturday as group play continues at stadiums in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Friday, the U.S. topped Australia 2-0 in Seattle in the day’s first game, with Alex Freeman finding the back of the net in the 43rd minute, after Australia’s Cameron Burgess booted the ball into his own goal 11 minutes in.

After a VAR check for offside, the United States make it 2-0! 🇺🇸 #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/YKbq3N6e9u

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 19, 2026

In Boston, Morocco beat Scotland 1-0 with a goal by Ismael Saibari just two minutes into the match.

Later, Brazil scored a 3-0 win over Haiti in Philadelphia and Turkiye fell 1-0 to Paraguay in San Francisco.

Today’s four games feature Netherlands vs. Sweden in Houston (10 a.m. start Pacific time), Germany vs. Ivory Coast in Toronto (1 p.m.), Ecuador vs. Curacao in Kansas City (5 p.m.) and Tunisia vs. Japan in Monterrey (9 p.m.), all shown live on TSN.

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