The Month Ahead: U.S. Soccer Key Dates & Major Moments in November
USWNT faces El Salvador for 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup berth, USMNT plays Haiti in Nations League Quarterfinals, U-17 WNT continues World Cup run against Korea DPR



After an eventful October that featured three World Cups and several U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Team matches, fans can expect even more soccer in November. Here’s a look at upcoming tournaments and events within the U.S. Soccer ecosystem:








After a thrilling 2-1 victory against Spain in the Round of 16 at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco, the U.S. U-17 WNT will face Korea DPR in the Quarterfinals on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. ET on FS1.
Forward Maddie DiMaria leads the Golden Boot race with 12 goals, which set a USYNT, USWNT and FIFA Women’s World Cup record for most goals by a U.S. player at any level in a FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament.
The USMNT is set to face Haiti in the two-legged Quarterfinal of the Concacaf Nations League, the team’s first official competition of the 2030 FIFA World Cup cycle. The first match, which was originally scheduled to take place at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, was moved to Nu Stadium in Miami, Fla., and will kick off at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 14. The second leg will take place at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fans can watch both matches on TBS, truTV, Universo, HBO Max and Peacock or tune in on radio on Westwood One Sports in English and Fútbol de Primera in Spanish.
The USMNT has yet to play in Nu Stadium, the home of MLS club Inter Miami CF, which opened in April of this year. The USA will play its sixth match at TQL Stadium, home to FC Cincinnati, after posting an undefeated record in the past four appearances at the venue, including two victories.
The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team will begin its campaign in the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup later this month in Qatar. The team was drawn into Group J, where it will face Montenegro (Nov. 21; 9:30 a.m. ET), Chile (Nov. 24; 9:30 a.m. ET) and Algeria (Nov. 27; 10 a.m. ET).
The team qualified for this tournament in February of this year after finishing atop its group at the 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers after two dominant wins against St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Kitts and Nevis followed by a 1-1 draw against the Dominican Republic.
The USWNT will face El Salvador at Texas Health Mansfield Stadium in Mansfield, Texas on Friday, Nov. 27 at 8:30 p.m. ET in the Quarterfinal of the Concacaf W Championship with the winner earning a berth to the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil next summer.
The winner will advance to the Semifinal on Tuesday, Dec. 1 against either Jamaica or Costa Rica with the Final taking place at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Dec. 5.
The 2026 NWSL Decision Day, where all 16 teams compete in the final matchday of the regular season, kicks off at 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 1 with just one more playoff spot up for grabs. The postseason then begins the following weekend, Nov. 6-8, with the Quarterfinals followed by the Semifinals on Nov. 14 and 15.
The 2026 NWSL Championship will take place on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., home to the Washington Spirit, which is headed to its third consecutive postseason.
The 2026 MLS Decision Day is Nov. 7 ahead of the Wild Card matches that will take place on Nov. 18 as the No. 8 and No. 9 seed from both conferences compete in a single-elimination game for the final spots in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs.
The Round One Best-of-3 Series begins on Nov. 20 as all 16 teams will play at least one home playoff game in the series. Each series will see the higher seed host the first game, the lower seed host the second game before returning, if necessary, to the higher seed’s venue for the final game.
The Third Qualifying Round of the 2027 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will feature 32 matches held across the country from Oct. 31-Nov. 1 to determine which amateur teams will advance to the Final Qualifying Round.
A record 155 amateur clubs entered the Qualifying Rounds this year, competing for 16 available slots in the Tournament Proper which kicks off next spring. The Qualifying Rounds will conclude Nov. 21-22, with the 16 advancing clubs set to face off against professional clubs in the Tournament Proper.