With just a few months left until the 2026 World Cup, Mexico and Belgium will continue their tune-ups ahead of the massive tournament. <\/p>\n
The two teams are set to do battle at Chicago\u2019s Soldier Field, as Mexico will kick off its \u201cMexTour 2026\u201d ahead of the World Cup that it will cohost with the United States and Canada. <\/p>\n
Both teams are in the World Cup field, which is still being finalized with playoff games this week, and both teams are looking to achieve certain goals as they hit the pitch at Soldier Field. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what to know. <\/p>\n
When does Tuesday\u2019s game start? <\/p>\n
The game between Mexico and Belgium will begin at 8 p.m. Central time. <\/p>\n
Where to watch the game <\/p>\n
The game will be televised on Univision and Fox Deportes in the United States. It will also be available on the Fox Sports App. <\/p>\n
Are there fan events around the game? <\/p>\n
According to Soldier Field\u2019s website, the parking lots around the stadium will open at 4 p.m., and doors to the stadium will open at 6 p.m. <\/p>\n
There will be a Futbol Fiesta outside of Soldier Field prior to the match, with food, live entertainment and various fan activations. <\/p>\n
What form do the teams have at the moment? <\/p>\n
Needless to say, the teams are not trending in the same direction at the moment. <\/p>\n
Mexico has been trying to solidify their roster and to establish their best lineups and strategies ahead of the World Cup, but they struggled badly at Estadio Azteca over the weekend, drawing 0-0 against Portugal. <\/p>\n
Belgium meanwhile is riding a 10-game unbeaten streak, which includes a 5-2 thrashing of the United States in a friendly over the weekend. <\/p>\n
What\u2019s at stake for the teams? <\/p>\n
While the game is a friendly, meaning there are no points won or lost in the game, both teams will undoubtedly be taking advantage of one of their final tune-up games prior to the start of the competition. <\/p>\n
Mexico has largely struggled to score goals in recent matches, only managing a total of four tallies against Bolivia, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador and Colombia since last October. <\/p>\n
They did score four in an outing against Iceland in late February, but they were shut out again by Portugal on Saturday, leaving plenty of questions about how their roster will be structured for the World Cup. <\/p>\n
As for Belgium, they have been an offensive juggernaut in recent months, tallying 29 goals in eight World Cup qualifying matches. That includes eight goals in two games against Wales and a 7-0 thrashing of Liechtenstein. <\/p>\n
They continued that momentum on Saturday when they beat the United States 5-2, another definitive statement as they look to make some noise in the World Cup.<\/p>\n
What does the road to the World Cup look like for both teams? <\/p>\n
For Mexico, the game kicks off what is being called the \u201cMexTour 2026.\u201d The Mexican national team will also play Australia in May at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, with other friendlies scheduled against Ghana and Serbia ahead of the World Cup. <\/p>\n
Mexico\u2019s first game in the World Cup will be on June 11 against Serbia. <\/p>\n
Belgium has two more friendlies ahead of the World Cup, battling Croatia and Tunisia before beginning their slate against Egypt on June 15. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just a few months left until the 2026 World Cup, Mexico and Belgium will continue their tune-ups…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1312,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-9719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-2026-world-cup","9":"tag-belgium"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116325423849599550","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719","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=9719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}