W81 vs W82

The Round of 16 continues at Lumen Field (69,000 capacity) in Seattle on July 6, 2026, with kickoff at 5:00 PM PDT (UTC-7) as the winners of matches 81 and 82 compete for a quarterfinal place.

Match 81 was played at Levi’s Stadium in the Bay Area on July 1. Match 82 was played at Lumen Field itself on July 1: Seattle’s World Cup debut, a Round of 32 in the loudest outdoor stadium on the planet. One of the teams returning to Lumen Field today played their last knockout match in this exact building five days ago. They know this pitch. They know this noise. They know what the bowl does to a crowd when a goal goes in. The other team arrives for the first time.

Seattle made its World Cup debut in the Round of 32. Hosting a Round of 16 match five days later is the tournament confirming what the city already knew about itself: it belongs on this stage. Lumen Field’s World Cup has now reached the last sixteen. The Sounders have been here for two decades, building a supporter culture that will make a 5:00 PM Monday evening in July feel like the centre of the football world.

When is this match? A 5:00 PM PDT kickoff means 1:00 AM BST the following morning in London, 2:00 AM CEST in Paris, 9:00 AM JST in Tokyo, 10:00 AM AEST in Sydney, 9:00 PM BRT in Sao Paulo, and 5:30 AM IST in Mumbai. Asian and Oceanian viewers get the most convenient window for a Lumen Field match of the entire tournament. Check Seattle time for local scheduling.

The partial roof holds the sound in and keeps the July rain out. By 5:00 PM, the light drops behind the mountains, the floodlights take over, and one of the two teams on this pitch starts walking toward a quarterfinal. The other makes a much longer walk.

Winner match 81 against winner match 82: Round of 16 in Seattle, the second knockout match at the loudest outdoor venue in the world.

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