{"id":10934,"date":"2026-07-19T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10934"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:00:14","slug":"how-to-watch-the-2026-mens-world-cup-final-spain-vs-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10934","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the 2026 Men\u2019s World Cup Final \u2014 Spain vs. Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5743862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5743862\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26200595571739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5743862\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5743862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Weller\/picture-alliance\/dpa\/AP Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2026 Men&#8217;s World Cup Final is set to be played Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, NJ \u2014 with Spain meeting defending champion Argentina in a showdown that has soccer fans salivating. <\/p>\n<p>Spain is a solid though not overwhelming favorite to take down the reigning champs \u2014 with 19-year-old superstar <strong>Lamine Yamal<\/strong> leading a powerful young side against their more experienced Argentinian counterparts. For Argentina, 39-year-old <strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong> has had yet another remarkable World Cup \u2014 leading his squad with 8 goals and 4 assists during the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams come in having not lost a game in this World Cup, though both have struggled at times. Spain seemed listless starting out the tournament with a 0-0 draw against a plucky Cape Verde side, before steadily picking up their play in subsequent matches \u2014 culminating with a 2-0 defeat of France in the semifinal. Argentina has lived dangerously \u2014 having to come from behind several times, including against England in their semifinal match. But both teams have survived \u2014 setting up Sunday&#8217;s showdown. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/18\/nyregion\/smoke-world-cup-final-nyc.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wildfire smoke from Canada<\/a> has been a concern ahead of the match, as has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/how-weather-impact-world-cup-final\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the weather forecast<\/a>. But clear skies are expected at kickoff, to the relief of fans who have been waiting for what they hope will be an outstanding match. <\/p>\n<p>The game begins promptly at 3 p.m. ET. Fox Sports has the English-language coverage, with <strong>John Strong<\/strong> and <strong>Stu Holden<\/strong> on the call. The live stream is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup?cmpid=org=one::ag=paid::mc=paidsearch::src=SA360::cmp=100_o2_th1::cont=m2_tp8::add=23910427199|195511606045|2485858362426|000000000000000000000000&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23910427199&amp;gbraid=0AAAABAxC7zxzVq-KCnWVo-idWUiiq1fcl&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw6_HSBhCpARIsANvVltY42mK0qTRtBT-5K-0mbbX5_PUgBHEAr5c7g5o1MTMqGEU1N_UqrdMaAjl2EALw_wcB\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available for free on Fox One with a 3-day trial<\/a>. It can also be streamed in Spanish on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peacock<\/a>, with legendary announcer <strong>Andres Cantor<\/strong> on play-by-play dutires for Telemundo&#8217;s coverage. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/how-to-watch-the-2026-mens-world-cup-final-spain-vs-argentina\/\">How to Watch the 2026 Men\u2019s World Cup Final \u2014 Spain vs. Argentina<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Weller\/picture-alliance\/dpa\/AP Images The 2026 Men&#8217;s World Cup Final is set to be played Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, NJ \u2014 with Spain meeting defending champion Argentina in a showdown that has soccer fans salivating. Spain is a solid though not overwhelming favorite to take down the reigning champs \u2014 with 19-year-old superstar Lamine Yamal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26200595571739.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}