⚽ Day 3: Canada's Historic Home Opener & USMNT Kickoff at SoFi

The two biggest stories of today's World Cup are both about hosts stepping up at home. Canada take the pitch for the first time on their own soil at 3 PM ET — and 40 million Canadians are holding their breath. Then the USMNT follow at 9 PM ET with Katy Perry and Future already warmed up at SoFi Stadium.

The Canada story is simple and enormous. Six World Cup appearances across 1986 and 2022 — six defeats, zero points, zero goals in 1986 alone. Tonight Jesse Marsch's side get their first-ever chance to win on home soil. The asterisk hanging over the squad: Alphonso Davies, Canada's talisman and scorer of the country's first-ever World Cup goal in Qatar 2022, is a fitness doubt for the opener. 1 Jonathan David — 22 club goals in 2025–26 — is the man Canada need to step up.

Bosnia are not a soft opener. They qualified by eliminating Italy in the playoff final. Edin Džeko, 40 years old, plays his likely final World Cup match tonight — a man who made Bosnia's 2014 debut and is back one last time.

At SoFi Stadium, Mauricio Pochettino's words from yesterday: "Success is winning." Not competing. Not showing up. Winning. The USMNT squad has full availability except Tyler Adams, managed carefully after a hamstring scare. Christian Pulisic captains a side that lost 2-1 to Germany in their final warm-up but showed real fight. Paraguay bring Miguel Almirón and an Enciso fitness question of their own. 2

The Canada ceremony at BMO Field features Michael Bublé, Alanis Morissette, Alessia Cara and Jessie Reyez. SoFi gets Katy Perry, Future, LISA, Anitta, Rema and Tyla. Three host nations, three ceremonies in two days — nothing like this has ever happened at a World Cup.

Canada odds: -120 to win. The whole country is watching. Let's go.