{"id":8911,"date":"2026-03-28T16:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/8911\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:56:07","slug":"usmnt-vs-belgium-how-to-watch-the-friendly-fifa-world-cup-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/8911\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT vs. Belgium, how to watch the friendly FIFA World Cup friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United State&#8217;s Men&#8217;s National Team returns to action when it takes on Belgium in an international friendly, the first of two exhibitions in three days in the final international window before the run-in to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>US manager Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s 27-player squad includes a healthy Ricardo Pepi for the two friendlies at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which includes a Tuesday match against Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/much-world-cup-tickets-texas-210444209.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:How much are World Cup tickets for Texas games? There&#039;s a cheaper option;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;How much are World Cup tickets for Texas games? There&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How much are World Cup tickets for Texas games? There&#8217;s a cheaper option<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"USMNT midfielder Malik Tillman (17) celebrates a goal with teammates during a group stage match of the 2025 Gold Cup at PayPal Park.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0e5773a39dde6c25a1d1d7838ba0c2c.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>USMNT midfielder Malik Tillman (17) celebrates a goal with teammates during a group stage match of the 2025 Gold Cup at PayPal Park.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium comes in as the No. 9 team in the world in the latest FIFA rankings.<\/p>\n<p>USMNT vs. Belgium international friendly<\/p>\n<p>The United States Men&#8217;s National Team takes on Belgium in a friendly that serves as a run-in to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. MT\/2:30 p.m. CT at Atlanta&#8217;s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/us-soccer-jersey-unveiled-ahead-172018340.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:US Soccer jersey unveiled ahead of World Cup. Diego Luna models kit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;US Soccer jersey unveiled ahead of World Cup. Diego Luna models kit&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Soccer jersey unveiled ahead of World Cup. Diego Luna models kit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to watch US vs Belgium in pre-2026 FIFA World Cup international friendly<\/p>\n<p>The USMNT game with Beligum will be televised on TBS at 1:30 p.m. MT\/2:30 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>USMNT vs Belgium channel, start time, streaming<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">When:\u00a0Saturday, March 28<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Time:\u00a01:30 p.m. MT\/2:30 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>USMNT, Belgium rankings<\/p>\n<p>The US is ranked 15th in the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.fifa.com\/fifa-world-ranking\/men\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:latest FIFA world rankings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;latest FIFA world rankings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">latest FIFA world rankings<\/a>. Belgium is ranked 9th.<\/p>\n<p>US vs. Belgium odds<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.az.betmgm.com\/en\/sports\/soccer-4\/betting\/world-6\/international-friendlies-102897\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:From BetMGM.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;From BetMGM.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \">From BetMGM.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>US +180. Belgium +125. Tie +260. Goals over\/under: 2 1\/2.<\/p>\n<p>USMNT schedule<\/p>\n<p>March 28 friendly: US vs Belgium, Atlanta, 1:30 p.m. MT\/2:30 p.m. CT, TBS<\/p>\n<p>March 31 friendly: US vs. Portugal, Atlanta, 3 p.m. MT\/4 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>May 31 friendly: US vs. Senegal, Charlotte, 1:30 p.m. MT\/2:30 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>June 6 friendly: US vs. Germany, Chicago, 12:30 p.m. MT\/1:30 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>June 12 World Cup: US vs Paraguay, Los Angeles, 7 p.m. MT\/6 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>June 19 World Cup: US vs. Australia, Seattle, 1 p.m. MT\/2 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>June 25 World Cup: US vs. T\u00fcrkiye\/Kosovo, Los Angeles, 8 p.m. MT\/ 9 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>Bret Bloomquist can be reached at bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on X.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/2026\/03\/28\/us-mens-national-team-takes-on-belgium-in-a-friendly-soccer-match\/89351389007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:US men&#039;s national team takes on Belgium in a friendly soccer match;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;US men&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">US men&#8217;s national team takes on Belgium in a friendly soccer match<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United State&#8217;s Men&#8217;s National Team returns to action when it takes on Belgium in an international friendly,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4434,7,172,6096,6142,373,335,4560,4570,6184,4529,1849],"class_list":{"0":"post-8911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-belgium","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-international-friendly","12":"tag-mercedes-benz-stadium","13":"tag-paraguay","14":"tag-portugal","15":"tag-ricardo-pepi","16":"tag-senegal","17":"tag-united-state","18":"tag-usmnt","19":"tag-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116307858759566124","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8911","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=8911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}