Daily soccer match updates and news about the 2026 FIFA World Cup, continuing until July 19. Australia and Türkiye soccer fans flooded Vancouver for the city’s first-ever FIFA World Cup match on Saturday evening (June 13). Australian 20-year-old Nestory Irankunda raced down the pitch to open scoring in the 27th minute, netting the historic first World Cup goal ever scored at BC Place Stadium as yellow-clad “Socceroos” celebrated. 20-year-old Nestory Irankunda stuns Türkiye with the opening goal for Australia 🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/wxLZNryiM8 — B/R Football (@brfootball)
June 14, 2026 Vibes were high on Granville Street this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/WaSEayIjlN — Tom Zillich (@TomZillich) June 14, 2026 Türkiye pushed all night but couldn’t find the back of the net. Against the run of play, Australia scored another goal in the second half to earn three points for the Group D co-lead with the U.S. Played at the relatively late hour of 9 p.m. Vancouver time, the match at BC Place was last of four World Cup games Saturday. On three different pitches in
the U.S., Qatar tied Switzerland 1-1 in Group B action in San Francisco, Brazil and Morocco knotted 1-1 in New York, and Scotland topped Haiti 1-0 in Boston. Sunday, another four matches are on the schedule starting with Germany vs. Curaçao at 10 a.m. (Pacific time), Netherlands vs. Japan at 1 p.m., Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador at 4 p.m. and Sweden vs. Tunisia, 7 p.m. =========== World Cup numbers: 39-day FIFA soccer tournament starts June 11 in Mexico. 2026 FIFA World Cup: An in-depth look
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Wait that’s BC Place but it says Vancouver first ever World Cup match? So like… Vancouver doesn’t count usually?
I saw the headline and was like omg Canada is in the World Cup right? Then nope, it’s Australia. Still happy for the Aussies though, that dude Irankunda sounds like he owns the ball.
Bro 27th minute goal is insane but I don’t get why Türkiye “pushed all night” if they couldn’t find the back of the net… like did their goalie just decide to take a nap. Also 9pm Vancouver time is late for soccer fans lol.
Canada really out here getting mentioned like it’s their match even though it’s Australia vs Türkiye. The article says group D co-lead with the U.S. too, which makes me think it’s all rigged somehow? Idk, but Irankunda racing down the pitch is exactly what I like to see. Vancouver on Granville Street vibes too, that part sounds legit.