{"id":8629,"date":"2026-03-27T04:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/8629\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T04:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:11:07","slug":"united-states-vs-belgium-preview-kick-off-time-how-to-watch-and-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/8629\/","title":{"rendered":"United States vs. Belgium preview, kick-off time, how to watch, and team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States face Belgium in a major test ahead of the World Cup, which they are one of the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Both nations have four scheduled friendlies before the tournament begins in June, making each game vital.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The USMNT arrive in strong form, winning four of their last five matches under Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium, meanwhile, are unbeaten in nine games, showing consistency as they build towards the competition.<\/p>\n<p>USA vs Belgium kick-off time and how to watch<img alt=\"Photo by Brad Smith\/ISI Photos\/USSF\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1681d139c3de057bfbb9b8f7158964b5.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Brad Smith\/ISI Photos\/USSF\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The match will take place on Saturday, 28 March, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>The kick-off is set for 3:30pm EST and fans in the United States can watch the game live on TNT and HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium are the first of some high-profile rivals the USMNT will face before the World Cup. Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s team has scheduled matches against Portugal, Senegal and Germany before 12 June.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Team news and key absences for both sides<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine manager has named a 27-player squad but will be without several important names.<\/p>\n<p>Sergino Dest, Tyler Adams and Haji Wright all miss out due to injury. However, Weston McKennie, Tim Weah and Christian Pulisic return to boost the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium are also dealing with notable absences ahead of the clash.<\/p>\n<p>Thibaut Courtois and Leandro Trossard have withdrawn due to injuries. Meanwhile, Romelu Lukaku has pulled out to focus on regaining fitness after a difficult season.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the illustrious Kevin De Bruyne remains available and will provide leadership and quality in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States face Belgium in a major test ahead of the World Cup, which they are one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,4561,172,4563,2196,5422,4525,335,5400,4570,3721,4543,4544,87,4529,4564],"class_list":{"0":"post-8629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-christian-pulisic","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-haji-wright","12":"tag-kevin-de-bruyne","13":"tag-leandro-trossard","14":"tag-mauricio-pochettino","15":"tag-portugal","16":"tag-romelu-lukaku","17":"tag-senegal","18":"tag-thibaut-courtois","19":"tag-tim-weah","20":"tag-tyler-adams","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-usmnt","23":"tag-weston-mckennie"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116299188332125102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}