FIFA World Cup Day 11 recap: Mo Salah and Egypt defeat New Zealand

Daiki Kaneko had only 24 hours before his World Cup journey took him to Dallas, where his home country’s squad will take on Sweden.

The Japanese soccer fan was making the most of it on Tuesday in Inglewood, snapping pictures of SoFi Stadium before taking in a different kind of monument: a space-age, two-story branch of the chicken chain Raising Cane’s, complete with a 308-square-foot screen, a mirrored dog sculpture and a massive halo hovering around the exterior.

For Kaneko, 25, who lives in the Tokyo suburbs, it was the perfect encapsulation of American grandeur.

TIJUANA — About 150 miles from SoFi Stadium, south of the Mexican border, sits the hotel housing Iran’s World Cup team for its games at the Inglewood venue.

The entrance to the Marriott in Tijuana is barricaded, flanked by police and members of the Mexican National Guard, guns held close. No one enters without a hotel reservation or special pass.

Despite the tensions and challenges surrounding Iran’s participation in the World Cup, early Saturday morning finds the mood inside the four-star hotel relaxed, even jubilant. Several dozen fans mingle and bond over their shared excitement to see the squad’s players before they depart for their second group-stage match at SoFi.

Here’s a look at the World Cup TV schedule for the remainder of group play:

VANCOUVER, Canada — Mo Salah scored the go-ahead goal and Egypt went on to defeat New Zealand 3-1 on Sunday night and secure its first-ever World Cup win.

Salah celebrated his 68th international goal by pumping his fist before he was mobbed by his teammates in the 67th minute, to the thrill of the red-clad Pharaohs fans in the sellout crowd at BC Place Vancouver.

When Salah was subbed off in the 85th minute he was treated to a standing ovation.

Egypt moved to the top of the standings in Group G with the win, but was not yet assured a spot in the knockout round. The Pharaohs will play a deciding game against Iran on Friday in Seattle, needing at least a draw to advance.

Egypt is making its fourth World Cup appearance after missing the field in Qatar four years ago. Salah scored a pair of goals in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Finn Surman put New Zealand in front in the 15th minute with a flying header off a corner kick delivered by Instagram sensation Tim Payne. It was the third international goal for the 6-foot-3 defender who plays for the Portland Timbers in MLS.

Omar Marmoush dropped a free kick off to Salah in the 35th minute but it went just wide and bent into the side netting.

Egypt turned up the pressure coming out of the half and Mostafa Zico broke through with equalizer, finding space between Surman and Payne for a header that goalkeeper Max Crocombe got a hand on but couldn’t stop in the 58th minute. Zico celebrated by gesturing for the fans in the crowd to cheer.

Salah took a back-heel pass from Zico for his goal, which puts him just one away from tying his coach Hossam Hassan for the national team’s all-time scoring lead. Trezeguet’s diving header wrapped up scoring for Egypt in the 82nd.

Egypt’s Hamdy Fathy was subbed off late in the first half after an apparent injury away from the ball. He was replaced by Ramy Rabia.

In the opener against Belgium, Emam Ashour scored the early goal for Egypt but then Romelu Lukaku subbed into the match and caused chaos in the box, resulting in an own goal for a 1-1 draw.

New Zealand twice took the lead against Iran in their group opener, only to cede it for a 2-2 draw in the end. Elijah Just scored both goals for the All Whites.

New Zealand previously appeared at the World Cup in 2010 and drew all three of its games.

Iran and Belgium played to a scoreless draw earlier in the day in Inglewood, California, giving both teams two straight draws at the tournament. New Zealand returns to Vancouver on Friday to face Belgium.

Peterson writes for the Associated Press.

Here’s where things stand in each group after Sunday’s matches:

Egypt 3, New Zealand 1 — 86th minute

Trezeguet scored on a header off a Mo Salah corner kick to give Egypt a commanding lead in the 82nd minute.

Salah was subbed out of the game three minutes later.

Egypt seems on the way to winning its first ever World Cup match.

Egypt 2, New Zealand 1 — 67th minute

Egypt star Mo Salah scored his first goal of the 2026 World Cup off a give-and-go from Mostafa Zico to put Egypt into the lead.

Salah worked his way into the box, passed to Zico, who then passed right back to Salah for a one-timer.

It was the third goal scored by Salah in his World Cup career.

Egypt 1, New Zealand 1 — 58th minute

A spectacular, long cross by Egypt’s Mohamed Hany set up a spot-on header by Mostafa Zico that went into the goal off the hand of goalkeeper Max Crocombe.

Egypt has been the better team in the second half, getting strong chances around the New Zealand goal.

New Zealand 1, Egypt 0 — 52nd minute

Egypt goalkeeper Mostafa Shoubir made a leaping save on a header by Callum McCowatt at close range to thwart New Zealand’s hopes of doubling the score.

The perfectly executed header came on a deep feed into the box from Mark Stamenic.

New Zealand 1, Egypt 0 — 50th minute

Egypt star Mo Salah nearly scored off a cross by Mohamed Hany in the first minute out of the break, but New Zealand goalkeeper Max Crocombe was in position to make the save.

A minute later, a foul by Callum McCowatt gave Egypt a free kick outside the box, but Omar Marmoush’s shot went wide left.

New Zealand 1, Egypt 0 — Halftime

A shot by Mohamed Salah off a free kick just outside the box went wide left, ending Egypt’s best chance so far of tying the score in the 35th minute.

A foul by New Zeland’s Callum McCowatt earned him a yellow card, giving Egypt the free kick.

New Zealand 1, Egypt 0 — 15th minute

New Zealand’s Finn Surman scored off a header on a corner kick from Tim Payne in a perfectly executed play.

Surman found the ball perfectly in the middle of the box and, critically, didn’t have to battle with any Egypt defenders as he deflected the kick into the goal.

Egypt has controlled the ball more so far, but New Zealand has had more chances. New Zealand has three shots on goal. Elijah Just, who scored two goals against Iran last week, had the first shot on a left-footer from outside the box.

With Iran and Belgium playing to a scoreless draw earlier Sunday, New Zealand and Egypt each have a chance to move to the top of Group G.

A win by either side would push them to the top of the table — and it would mark the first win in World Cup history for either nation.

A win also would all but guarantee a spot in the round of 32.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Cape Verde’s magical start to its first World Cup isn’t over. It might just be getting started.

The tiny island nation that stunned tournament favorite Spain last week did it again against Uruguay on Sunday, coming from behind for a 2-2 draw.

Kevin Pina scored on a free kick for Cape Verde’s first-ever goal in the World Cup, and Helio Varela scored the equalizer for what has become one of the most surprising teams of the expanded 48-team tournament — a club now with a legitimate chance of getting into the knockout stage.

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Cape Verdean fans who watched their squad pull off one of the stunners of the tournament last week by holding Spain to a scoreless draw continued their celebrations when Pina blasted a strike past diving goalie Fernando Muslera for a 1-0 lead in the 21st.

Maxi Araújo and Agustin Canobbio scored late first-half goals minutes apart to put Uruguay ahead, but Varela, minutes after coming into the game, caught Muslera way off his line for the tying goal in the second half and his first international score.

Varela celebrated by hopping into his teammates’ arms and flexing atop their shoulders as Muslera and other Uruguay players dropped their heads in disappointment.

It was another special moment for Cape Verde’s Vozinha, who became one of the tournament’s breakout stars after shutting down Spain. The 40-year-old goalie had his mother in the stands for the match; she was unable to attend Cape Verde’s stunning opening draw against Spain because she couldn’t obtain a visa.

It was also the first World Cup match with two starting goalies aged 40-plus. Muslera, who made his 18th World Cup appearance, turned 40 on June 16.

Thames writes for the Associated Press.

How it started: A dream. A French machine-gun officer in the trenches during the First World War. A man named Jules Rimet, who believed an international soccer tournament would bring the nations together with the goal of peace.

How it’s going: The world’s biggest party. A 48-nation celebration of the world’s most beloved sport. Expected to generate about $8.9 billion, it’s become such a big deal that it’s being hosted by three countries — one of which, yes, launched a war on a competing nation in the months before the tournament.

Cape Verde 2, Uruguay 2 — 61st minute

Cape Verde’s Helio Varela scored into a wide-open Uruguay net after goalkeeper Fernando Muslera tried to grab the ball and missed, tying the score.

Uruguay 2, Cape Verde 1 — 45th minute + 6

Agustin Cano scored in stoppage time, deflecting a perfect header pass from teammate Maxi Araujo to give Uruguay its first lead at this World Cup.

Cape Verde 1, Uruguay 1 — 44th minute

Uruguay’s Maxi Araujo scored on a rebound off the Cape Verde goalpost to tie the match just before first-half stoppage time.

Rodrigo Bentancur set up the goal by heading the ball off a deep lob into the box. The ball went off the goalpost, and Araujo was in perfect position in front of Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha to head the ball in for a goal.

Cape Verde 1, Uruguay 0 — 21st minute

Cape Verde’s Kevin Pina scored on a free kick from well outside the box, sending a one-bounce shot past diving Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to send Hard Rock Stadium into a frenzy.

It was Cape Verde’s first World Cup goal ever.

The well-placed shot gives Cape Verde the lead despite Uruguay controlling the ball for most of the contest so far.

Uruguay 0, Cape Verde 0 — 15th minute

Uruguay has dominated possession so far, but hasn’t capitalized on its opportunities.

In the 14th minute, Federico Valverde squandered a prime scoring opportunity off a rush when he booted the ball well wide of the goal.

Uruguay has had success working the ball into the Cape Verde box, but has yet to test Vozinha, Cape Verde’s hero against Spain, with any shots.

Cape Verde, the second-smallest country to ever qualify for the World Cup, will be on the hunt for another upset as it looks to stay in knockout-round contention.

Cape Verde tied Spain in its World Cup opener, but Uruguay, ranked No. 18 in the world, presents another formidable challenge.

Uruguay, which failed to reach the knockout round in 2022 after making the quarterfinals in 2018, will be looking for some redemption after being held to a 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia last week.

Here’s how things look in each of the groups heading into Sunday’s Group H matchup between Uruguay and Cape Verde.

Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.

And it could wind up being the country’s best. Because after playing Belgium to a scoreless draw before another packed house at SoFi Stadium, Iran is in position to win its group and advance to the knockout rounds for the first time in seven World Cups.

To do that, it must beat Egypt on Friday in Seattle.

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Belgium 0, Iran 0, final

Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand came up with seven saves to close out a gutty 0-0 tie with Belgium. Fans at SoFi Stadium cheered when the final whistle blew and both teams earned a point.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 84th minute

Iran has been making the most of its player advantage since Belgium was hit with a red card, pushing the ball toward Belgium’s goal more consistently. The extra pressure, however, has not yet yielded a goal.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 66th minute

Belgium’s Nathan Ngoy turned the ball over at midfield and was hit with a red card for grabbing and fouling Mehdi Taremi has the Iranian chased the ball with a clear path toward the goal.

The play was review and upheld.

Iran did nothing with the ensuing free kick, but Belgium will now play with 10 men.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 66th minute

The pro-Iran SoFi Stadium crowd loves Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, who is delivering saves and diving to gather the ball whenever it comes near him in the box.

Beiranvand saved two consecutive promising Belgium shots, smothering one fired by Maxim De Cuyper at close range in 59th minute. His teammates rushed to congratulate him. He delivered another save three minutes later.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 50th minute

Iran earned a pair of early corner kicks, with the second leading to a volley that hit the outside of the net. The Iran defense continues to hold its ground under pressure as the second half heats up.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, halftime

Iran has absorbed wave after wave of Belgium runs, working together to clear every pass into the box. The team has been diligent not just blocking the first point of entry but also chasing the deflections with an emphasis on clearing danger rather than trying to immediately start a counterattack.

The strategy has surely frustrated Belguim, which controlled possession 81% of the time in the first half and has four shots on goal.

Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand has been up to the task, stopping anything that comes his way and directing the defense.

It’s unclear whether Iran can sustain this throughout the second half, but it has the crowd’s support.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 25th minute

Iran earned a free kick just beyond the box and appeared to score the match’s opening goal.

Ehsan Hajsafi passed to Mehdi Taremi around a wall of Belgium defenders and he pushed home a tremendous goal.

But the play was reviewed and video clearly showed Taremi was offsides before the pass was fired in and the goal was reversed.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 14th minute

After living on its side of the field and defending its goal, the pro-Iran crowd gasped as a ball deflected in the box fell to Hossein Kanaani, who had a great chance to volley it home. Kanaani’s shot was to the right of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, but he still managed to save it.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 12th minute

Iran has been under heavy pressure early.

Romelu Lukaku was called for a yellow card for missing a cross into the box and colliding with Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand in the third minute.

Beiranvand was down for about three minutes getting treated before play resumed. In the 11th minute, he gathered a shot that was fired directly at him.

Belgium 0, Iran 0, 1st minute

SoFi Stadium is full at kickoff of the Belgium vs. Iran match. Much like Iran’s opener, there were a mix of cheers and boos when the Iranian anthem played, with some fans using it as a time to speak out against the current Iranian regime.

And now on to the soccer.

ATLANTA — Welcome to the World Cup, Lamine Yamal. Welcome to the World Cup, Spain.

Teenage superstar Yamal scored 10 minutes into his first start on soccer’s biggest stage and Spain kickstarted its campaign with the 4-0 demolition of Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

The 18-year-old forward slid in at the far post to touch home a low cross for the opening goal in Atlanta. He became the eighth youngest scorer in World Cup history and more important settled Spanish nerves after the team was held to a surprise 0-0 draw by Cape Verde in its opening game.

In a tournament that has already seen Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane get off to flying starts, Yamal’s strike saw him join the party.

The Barcelona winger is already considered one the world’s top players and helped Spain win the European Championship in 2024 despite being just 16 years old when the tournament started. He is tipped to take over from Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the sport’s biggest star but came into the World Cup with questions over his fitness after he missed the end of the season with a hamstring injury.

Yamal, who was only used as a second-half substitute against Cape Verde, was thrown in from the start against Saudi Arabia and wasted no time in making his presence felt.

He had already repeatedly sliced through the Saudi defense before turning home Mikel Oyarzabal’s cross.

A full house at Atlanta Stadium was mainly filled with Spain fans who had roared in celebration just at the sight of Yamal emerging for the pregame warm up. And the cheers were even louder as he raced away to celebrate his goal, dropping to his knees, praying and kissing the turf.

It was just the impact Spain coach Luis de la Fuente wanted from his star player, having been inundated with questions about when Yamal would be ready to start.

Those questions felt even more anxious after Spain, one of the pre-tournament favorites, was shut out by Cape Verde.

After all, Spain has failed to advance beyond the round of 16 since lifting the World Cup in 2010, winning just three games during that run.

But Yamal’s opener sparked a flurry of first-half goals. Oyarzabal, who was criticized for not touching the ball at all in the first 30 minutes against Cape Verde, not only provided the assist for Yamal, but scored two more with close range strikes in the 21st and 24th.

So dominant was Spain’s lead that De la Fuente had seen enough and took both his scorers off at halftime.

Inside four minutes of the second half, the lead was extended when Marc Cucurella’s shot rebounded off Hassan Altambakti for an own goal.

Spain continued to pressure to start the second half, leading to an own goal that glanced off a Saudi defender and into the net to make it a 4-0 game in Atlanta.

Spain is trying to leave no doubt this time around thanks to Mikel Oyarzabal. Oyarzabal scored in the 21st and 24th minute to open up a 3-0 lead over Saudi Arabia in Atlanta. He had assisted on the first goal by Lamine Yamal.

Lamine Yamal, an 18-year-old making his first start for Spain, has given his team a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute over Saudi Arabia in Atlanta.

Both teams opened the World Cup with surprising results. Second-ranked Spain was unable to score in a draw with No. 67 Cape Verde. Saudi Arabia was 10 minutes away from upsetting Uruguay, only to settle for a tie. Spain desperately needs a win to get its World Cup back on track, while another good performance from Saudi Arabia — unbeaten in its last three games — would have the Arabian Falcons in position to reach the knockout stage.

Spain was pressuring Saudi Arabia early to take the lead.

The run-up to the World Cup in Los Angeles was marked by anxiety over how immigration enforcement, travel restrictions and anti-Trump backlash would affect the spirit and attendance of the games.

But on the streets of L.A. over the last week, something very different has happened.

Fans from a kaleidoscope of cultural backgrounds have come together to act out the kind of world — and city — they want to live in.

In a perfect world, you’d be able to take a helicopter from your home straight to Sofi Stadium during the World Cup. But unfortunately, we do not live in that world, so you’ll probably need to find a reliable and cheap way to get to the World Cup.

Fans from all around will flock to the Los Angeles area for the biggest sport event in the world, meaning that traffic will be worse (if you can imagine), buses will be fuller and Metro stops will drown in the flags and jerseys of all competing nations.

In many ways, the most ambitious World Cup in history — which kicked off Thursday in Mexico City — has inspired more angst than anticipation, more fear than fervor.

The competition, returning to North America for the first time in more than three decades, has expanded to 48 teams and 104 matches, to be played over 39 days in 16 cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The complex planning was eight years in the making.

Béla Guttmann may be the most consequential soccer coach you’ve never heard of. But if it weren’t for Guttmann, you may never have heard of Pelé.

And Brazil may never have become the greatest soccer-playing country on Earth.

That’s because Guttmann changed the shape of modern Brazilian soccer — and changed the sport forever — when he imported the revolutionary 4-2-4 system from Hungary to Sao Paulo in 1957. A year later, Brazil won the first of five World Cups and the joga bonito was born.

SEATTLE — If a pregnant Nigerian woman had been allowed to board a plane 25 years ago, the U.S. team’s path through this summer’s World Cup may have unfolded much differently. Instead, a gate agent turned her away, insisting it wasn’t safe for her to fly from New York to London.

So Florence Balogun returned to Brooklyn, where she had been visiting relatives, and waited for her second son to be born. And when Folarin arrived a few weeks later, entering the world just hours before Independence Day dawned, he did so as an American citizen.

It was that quirk of fate that allowed Balogun, who lived just two months in the U.S., to represent the country on soccer’s biggest stage.

Unprecedented sports feats and historical firsts are usually joyous affairs. Something to celebrate, fun trivia to tuck away for later.

On Monday in Inglewood, the history was much more fraught, and not at all trivial.

Iran’s national soccer team played on American soil — this time on SoFi Stadium’s natural turf — for the first time in 26 years. And for the first time, a country hosted a World Cup participant with which it is mired in an on-again, off-again war.

Fox is under fire for missing on-field action during the first match of the World Cup last week.

Many sports fans were irate when the network aired a full-screen ad when play resumed after a water break during last Thursday’s Mexico–South Africa match.

In the second half, the referee called for the newly instated hydration break, but the call came during a replay, which led to a miscommunication over when the three-minute break actually started.

The Los Angeles Organizing Committee has collaborated with an array of agencies to create one primary fan festival and 10 official fan zones throughout the L.A. area during the 39-day World Cup.

Match broadcasts there will be available via Fox and Telemundo, allowing attendees to follow the tournament live throughout the competition. Each venue will have different programming.

SEATTLE — Cristian Roldan and Haji Wright grew up less than three years and 30 miles apart, Roldan in Pico Rivera and Wright in Culver City. The odds that they would go on to become teammates on not one, but two, U.S. World Cup teams seem astronomical.

Yet despite starting at the same time and place and arriving together at the same destination, the two players followed completely different paths to get there.

Wright joined the Galaxy’s academy at 14 and signed with Schalke of the top tier German Bundesliga days after his 18th birthday. Roldan was still playing for El Rancho, when he was 17, making him the only member of the U.S. World Cup team to play four years at a public high school.

Imagine it. A neophyte coach, leading a team for the first time at any competitive level, and it being a high-profile assignment on the biggest of big stages.

A self-assured broadcaster, critical and competitive, having his bluff called, being invited to not just talk about it, but to be about it: Walk the walk, why don’t you?

A former player — scorer, shooter — being challenged to step up and right a listing ship while navigating politics and the push and pull of history and high hopes.

VANCOUVER, Canada — When the first men’s World Cup game played in Canada kicked off last week, Anthony Totera sat in the stands and wept.

“It was a dream come true,” said Totera, who has spent most of his 57 years on earth promoting Canadian soccer. “I can’t describe the emotions. It was something surreal.”

If the 1994 World Cup, the first held in the U.S., forever altered the direction of American soccer, this summer’s tournament, which Canada is sharing with the U.S. and Mexico, has the potential to do the same for that country.

GUADALAJARA, Jalisco — Before the World Cup, critics and fans of the Mexican national team debated whether Javier Aguirre’s third stint as head coach was the right decision. Two games later, the coach has led Mexico to the tournament’s knockout round.

Thursday’s 1-0 victory over South Korea at Guadalajara Stadium made the World Cup co-host the first in the tournament to advance while also clinching the top spot in Group A with one group play game remaining. After South Korea’s goalkeeper fumbled a ball, Luis Romo scored the goal that gave the Mexicans six points and pushed them to the top of the standings.

El Tri will close out the first round against Czechia (6 p.m.) at Azteca Stadium on Wednesday.

SEATTLE — The World Cup is only a little more than a week old, but it’s already a historic one for the U.S.

With Friday’s 2-0 win over Australia, the U.S. matched its best World Cup performance ever with two victories. Their six goals match the most the U.S. has ever scored in the group stage and its goal differential of plus-five is also its best ever in the tournament. The U.S. also clinched a spot in the round of 32.

Most impressive of all, however, is how the U.S. achieved most of that without their best player, Christian Pulisic, who had an electric first half in the U.S. opener against Paraguay but hasn’t seen the field since.

Here’s where things stand in each group heading into Sunday’s four World Cup group stage matches:

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is well into the second run of group play, with every team still eager to post wins and most looking to secure a place in the knockout stage.

Here’s everything you need to know about matches being played Monday and Tuesday in the 48-team tournament across the U.S., Mexico and Canada (all times Pacific). Tuesday’s matches will conclude the first two games of group play for every team at the World Cup.

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