48 nations are in our kitchen.
The World Cup just brought every cuisine on earth to 16 North American cities. Here’s when they play — and exactly what to eat while they do.
This week
- Sat · Jun 13 — QAT vs SUI, San Francisco Bay Area, 3:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sat · Jun 13 — BRA vs MAR, New York, 6:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sat · Jun 13 — HAI vs SCO, Boston, 9:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sun · Jun 14 — GER vs CUW, Houston, 1:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sun · Jun 14 — NED vs JPN, Dallas, 4:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sun · Jun 14 — CIV vs ECU, Philadelphia, 7:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sun · Jun 14 — SWE vs TUN, Monterrey, 10:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Mon · Jun 15 — ESP vs CPV, Atlanta, 12:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Mon · Jun 15 — BEL vs EGY, Seattle, 3:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Mon · Jun 15 — KSA vs URU, Miami, 6:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Mon · Jun 15 — IRN vs NZL, Los Angeles, 9:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Tue · Jun 16 — FRA vs SEN, New York, 3:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Tue · Jun 16 — IRQ vs NOR, Boston, 6:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Tue · Jun 16 — ARG vs ALG, Kansas City, 9:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Tue · Jun 16 — AUT vs JOR, San Francisco Bay Area, 12:00 AM — Eat the Match
- Wed · Jun 17 — POR vs COD, Houston, 1:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Wed · Jun 17 — ENG vs CRO, Dallas, 4:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Wed · Jun 17 — GHA vs PAN, Toronto, 7:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Wed · Jun 17 — UZB vs COL, Mexico City, 10:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Thu · Jun 18 — CZE vs RSA, Atlanta, 12:00 PM
- Thu · Jun 18 — SUI vs BIH, Los Angeles, 3:00 PM
- Thu · Jun 18 — CAN vs QAT, Vancouver, 6:00 PM
- Thu · Jun 18 — MEX vs KOR, Guadalajara, 11:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sat · Jun 20 — NED vs SWE, Houston, 4:00 PM — Eat the Match
- Sat · Jun 20 — GER vs CIV, Toronto, 7:00 PM — Eat the Match
Eat the host cities
- Los Angeles, USA — The planet's pantry — taquerías, Koreatown, Thai Town, Persian Westwood.
- New York, USA — Every nation has an address here. Pick a borough, pick a flag.
- Mexico City, Mexico — Where street tacos meet the world's best tasting menus.
- Miami, USA — Cuban, Haitian, Venezuelan — the Cup's Latin heartbeat eats late.
- Toronto, Canada — Possibly the most multicultural plate on earth.
- Atlanta, USA — Buford Highway is a passport: Vietnamese, Mexican, Ethiopian, Korean.
- Boston, USA — Chowder, cannoli, and a Portuguese-speaking North Shore.
- Philadelphia, USA — Cheesesteaks, the Italian Market, and a deep Vietnamese South Philly.
- Kansas City, USA — Burnt ends and barbecue diplomacy.
- Dallas, USA — Tex-Mex, Texas BBQ, and a booming Asian Trinity Mills.
- Houston, USA — The most diverse food city in America — Nigerian to Vietnamese to Tex-Mex.
- San Francisco Bay Area, USA — Mission burritos, dim sum, and the Ferry Building.
- Seattle, USA — Salmon, sushi, and the International District.
- Vancouver, Canada — Pacific Rim seafood and the continent's best Chinese food.
- Guadalajara, Mexico — Birria, tortas ahogadas, and tequila country.
- Monterrey, Mexico — Cabrito, carne asada, norteño grilling.
Eat the Match
- Brazil vs Morocco — Picanha and kefta — two nations, one table, and a match worth sitting down for.
- USA vs Paraguay — A smash burger, a soup that is not soup, and everything you need to know about both nations before kickoff.
- Qatar vs Switzerland — Machboos and rösti — one plate built around rice and spice, one built around patience and a hot pan.
- Haiti vs Scotland — Griot with pikliz and Cullen skink — one plate built around fire, one built around smoke.
- Germany vs Curaçao — Currywurst and keshi yena — two dishes that were never supposed to exist, and both of them magnificent for it.
- Argentina vs Algeria — Asado and couscous — two countries, two fires, one table that has no business being this good.
- Portugal vs DR Congo — Bacalhau and moambe chicken — the salted fish that built an empire and the palm-oil stew that outlasted one.
- Mexico vs South Korea — Tacos al pastor and bulgogi — two countries that figured out that marinated meat on fire is the whole argument.
- France vs Senegal — A croissant and a bowl of thiéboudienne — what colonialism does to a kitchen, and what the kitchen does back.
- Belgium vs Egypt — Moules-frites and koshari — two national dishes that prove a cheap ingredient list and abundance are not the same thing.
- Netherlands vs Japan — Bitterballen and tonkatsu — what happens when one culture's technique enters another and the second culture improves on it.
- Ivory Coast vs Ecuador — Two kitchens that know what they're doing with heat.
- Sweden vs Tunisia — Köttbullar and Brik.
- Spain vs Cabo Verde — Pan con tomate and Cachupa.
- Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay — Kabsa and Chivito.
- Iran vs New Zealand — Ghormeh sabzi and Hāngī.
- Iraq vs Norway — Masgouf and Gravlax.
- Austria vs Jordan — Wiener Schnitzel and Mansaf.
- England vs Croatia — Fish and chips and Peka.
- Ghana vs Panama — Jollof rice and Sancocho.
- Uzbekistan vs Colombia — Plov and Bandeja paisa.
- Netherlands vs Sweden — Stamppot and Gravad lax.
- Germany vs Ivory Coast — Sauerbraten and Kedjenou.