Jul 23, 2021
U.S. Soccer, Austin FC, and the City of Austin announced today that Q2 Stadium in Austin will play host to the U.S. Men’s National Team’s World Cup Qualifying match on Thursday, October 7, 2021, against Jamaica. The October 7 event will be the first time the U.S. Men’s National Team plays a World Cup Qualifier in the state of Texas.
The historic match will be the USMNT’s fourth match of the re-formatted final round of the CONCACAF qualification cycle featuring eight (8) national teams in the final round that each play 14 matches – seven (7) at home, seven (7) away. The top three (3) finishers in the “Octagonal” will automatically qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and the fourth-place finisher will be entered into an inter-region playoff.