TBDW93vsTBDW94

The second quarter-final of the FIFA World Cup 2026 takes place at SoFi Stadium (70,240 capacity) in Inglewood on July 10, 2026, with kickoff at 12:00 PM PDT (UTC-7) as the winners of matches 93 and 94 compete for a semi-final place.

The winner of match 93 came through AT&T Stadium in Dallas on July 6. The winner of match 94 came through Lumen Field in Seattle on the same day. Two teams with identical timetables, played on the same Monday in different cities, arrive in Los Angeles with four days' rest. By the quarter-final, rest periods are uniform. Form is increasingly what separates teams, and a quarter-final on the Friday before the semi-final week gives coaches minimal time to adjust anything that is not already working.

SoFi Stadium sits in Inglewood, 20 kilometres from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, where the 1994 World Cup final took place. Brazil and Italy played out a 0-0 draw over 120 minutes on July 17, 1994. Roberto Baggio stepped up as Italy's final penalty taker and struck it over the bar. Brazil became world champions; Baggio became the defining image of penalty failure. A quarter-final in this part of Los Angeles sits in that geography. The teams playing today are trying to reach the tournament's penultimate round. They are three wins away from the moment Baggio experienced, the moment where the tournament ends in a single kick.

When is this match? A noon PDT kickoff means 8:00 PM BST in London, 9:00 PM CEST in Paris, 4:00 AM JST the following morning in Tokyo, 5:00 AM AEST in Sydney, 4:00 PM BRT in Sao Paulo, and 12:30 AM IST in Mumbai. European fans get a Friday evening quarter-final. Check Los Angeles time for local scheduling.

The quarter-final is the first stage where extra time and penalties become a genuine probability rather than a contingency. Teams prepare separately for the shootout. Goalkeepers receive specific research on the opposing penalty takers. None of that work is wasted; most of it never gets used. By 2:00 PM PDT today, one team will know whether they needed it.

Quarter-final at SoFi Stadium: the City of Angels, the Rose Bowl's shadow, and two nations playing for the right to stand in a World Cup semi-final.