The Spain vs. Argentina World Cup final kicks off at 3:00 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. That’s noon on the West Coast, 8 p.m. in the UK, 9 p.m. in Spain, and 4 p.m. in Argentina — and an early Monday alarm across Asia and … Read more
The Spain vs. Argentina World Cup final airs Sunday, July 19, at 3 p.m. ET on FOX in English and Telemundo in Spanish, from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Streamers can watch in English on FOX One or the FOX Sports app, and in Spanish on Peacock, which carries the Telemundo feed — … Read more
The official starting lineups for the Spain vs. Argentina World Cup final will be posted here the moment they’re announced — roughly one hour before Sunday’s 3 p.m. ET kickoff at MetLife Stadium, so around 2 p.m. ET on July 19. Until then, below are the projected XIs both managers are expected to name. The … Read more
Spain and Argentina meet in the 2026 World Cup final on Sunday, July 19, at MetLife Stadium (3 p.m. ET), and both projected lineups are close to settled. Luis de la Fuente is expected to name an unchanged XI from the 2-0 semifinal win over France — the biggest storyline being who’s not in it: … Read more
Spain’s World Cup history is a story of one glorious peak, decades of underachievement, and — as of this weekend — a second summit within reach. La Roja won its only title in 2010, beating the Netherlands 1-0 on Andrés Iniesta’s extra-time winner in Johannesburg, and on Sunday, July 19, 2026, plays its second-ever final … Read more
Kylian Mbappé has scored 20 career World Cup goals — four at the 2018 tournament he won as a teenager, eight in 2022 when he took the Golden Boot, and eight so far at the 2026 World Cup entering Saturday’s third-place match against England. That total, reached at age 27, puts him one goal behind … Read more
Yes — players receive bronze medals for finishing third at the World Cup. The winner of the third-place match gets medals for its entire 26-player squad and coaching staff, mirroring the gold and silver awarded to the champion and runner-up after the final. Fourth place receives nothing, which is precisely what separates Saturday’s France-England bronze … Read more
The winner of the World Cup third-place match receives three things: $29 million in FIFA prize money, bronze medals for the full 26-player squad and coaching staff, and an official podium finish in the tournament’s final standings. There is no trophy for third place — the medals and the money are the prize. The loser … Read more
Yes — the World Cup third-place match can go to extra time and penalties. Under FIFA regulations, the bronze final follows exactly the same format as every other knockout match: if the score is level after 90 minutes, the teams play two 15-minute periods of extra time, and if it’s still tied after 120 minutes, … Read more
The World Cup’s Best Young Player award has the best hit rate of any trophy in soccer: its winners list reads like a preview of the next decade, Thomas Müller before the Müller era, Paul Pogba before the nine-figure transfer, Kylian Mbappé the summer he arrived as a teenager and left as a world champion. … Read more