Texas Soccer
As the 2026 Men’s World Cup comes to an end on July 19, this is actually just the beginning.
While the World Cup is truly something exciting to watch, it’s still only a small part of the entire soccer/fútbol world.
If the tournament got you interested in soccer for the first time, you don’t have to wait four years to watch again.
Texas has several men’s and women’s professional club teams, and some of the players you just watched representing their countries already play here. FC Dallas sent Petar Musa with Croatia, Don Deedson with Haiti and Herman Johansson with Sweden to the 2026 World Cup. Austin FC’s Jayden Nelson represented Canada and became the first active Austin FC player to compete at a World Cup. Houston Dash players Jane Campbell and Avery Patterson have also represented the United States women’s national team. The next local match you attend could include someone you recently watched on the international stage.
Then, in November and December, Mansfield and Houston will host the Concacaf W Championship which is the region’s qualifying tournament for both the 2027 Women’s World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games. Can you believe the United States, Mexico, Canada and other women’s national teams will be playing those high-stakes qualifying matches here in Texas? You’ll be able to watch part of the road to the next Women’s World Cup without leaving the state.
And if the World Cup introduced you to players like Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal, Erling Haaland or Jude Bellingham, I’ll show you how to keep following them when they return to their club teams. I’m also including local supporter groups and Texas watch spots so you can continue watching with other fans.
Think of this as your bridge from the World Cup into everything that comes next: Texas club soccer, international matches, women’s qualifiers, European leagues and the local communities already gathering around the game.
Last updated July 17, 2026. Dates, kickoff times, rosters, broadcast information and supporter-group locations can change.
If you are not sure where to go next, start with the part of soccer you actually care about most right now.
Jump to the Texas soccer calendar for MLS, NWSL, Leagues Cup and Concacaf W Championship dates.
Open the Texas professional soccer teams guide for FC Dallas, Austin FC, Houston Dynamo, Houston Dash and Dallas Trinity.
Jump to the player section for Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, Haaland, Lamine Yamal and more.
Open the soccer bars and supporter groups guide for Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin and Houston watch spots.
This quick calendar highlights the biggest currently announced Texas dates. It is not every club match. The type column tells you whether each entry is men’s club soccer, women’s club soccer or a women’s national-team match.
| Date | Match or event | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 22 | Texas MLS clubs return after the World Cup break | Men’s club soccer (MLS) | FC Dallas, Austin FC and Houston Dynamo resume play |
| July 24 | Houston Dash vs. Bay FC | Women’s club soccer (NWSL) | Shell Energy Stadium, Houston |
| July 25 | Houston Dynamo vs. Austin FC | Men’s club soccer (MLS) | Shell Energy Stadium, Houston |
| August 5 | FC Dallas vs. Querétaro | Men’s club soccer (Leagues Cup) | Texas Health Mansfield Stadium, Mansfield |
| August 6 | Austin FC vs. Club Tijuana | Men’s club soccer (Leagues Cup) | Q2 Stadium, Austin |
| August 9 | Austin FC vs. Puebla | Men’s club soccer (Leagues Cup) | Q2 Stadium, Austin |
| August 13 | Austin FC vs. Club América | Men’s club soccer (Leagues Cup) | Q2 Stadium, Austin |
| August 15 | Dallas Trinity FC vs. Tampa Bay Sun | Women’s club soccer (Gainbridge Super League) | Cotton Bowl, Dallas |
| August 16 | Austin FC vs. FC Dallas | Men’s club soccer (MLS) | Q2 Stadium, Austin |
| Sept. 19 | FC Dallas vs. Austin FC | Men’s club soccer (MLS) | North Texas |
| Oct. 17 | Houston Dynamo vs. FC Dallas | Men’s club soccer (MLS) | Shell Energy Stadium, Houston |
| Oct. 17 | Dallas Trinity State Fair Clásico | Women’s club soccer (exhibition) | Cotton Bowl, Dallas |
| Nov. 7 | MLS Decision Day: Austin, Dallas, Houston | Men’s club soccer (MLS) | Dallas, Austin and Houston |
| Nov. 27 | United States vs. El Salvador | Women’s national teams (Concacaf W Championship) | Texas Health Mansfield Stadium |
| Nov. 27 | Jamaica vs. Costa Rica | Women’s national teams (Concacaf W Championship) | Texas Health Mansfield Stadium |
| Nov. 28 | Canada vs. Panama | Women’s national teams (Concacaf W Championship) | Texas Health Mansfield Stadium |
| Nov. 28 | Mexico vs. Haiti | Women’s national teams (Concacaf W Championship) | Texas Health Mansfield Stadium |
| Dec. 1 | Concacaf W Championship semifinals | Women’s national teams | Texas Health Mansfield Stadium |
| Dec. 2 | Concacaf play-in matches for FIFA’s intercontinental playoff | Women’s national teams | Texas Health Mansfield Stadium |
| Dec. 5 | Concacaf W Championship third-place match and final | Women’s national teams | Shell Energy Stadium, Houston |
How to read the tournament dates: Leagues Cup runs from August 4 through September 6, but the calendar above lists only the Texas opening-stage matches that are already guaranteed. Any later Texas match would depend on which clubs advance. The Concacaf W Championship is itself a qualifying tournament. Its four quarterfinal winners qualify directly for the 2027 Women’s World Cup, while the two December 2 play-in winners advance to FIFA’s intercontinental playoff tournament.
The World Cup is a national-team competition. Players represent their countries during the tournament, but most spend the rest of the year playing for professional clubs.
After the final, several parts of the soccer calendar begin or resume.
MLS league play resumes on July 16 and 17 after the World Cup pause. The three Texas clubs return on July 22, then continue playing league matches through MLS Decision Day on November 7.
Leagues Cup places MLS clubs against Liga MX clubs. Unlike a normal MLS match, it gives Texas fans the opportunity to watch teams from Mexico without traveling internationally.
Texas will host Querétaro, Club Tijuana, Puebla and Club América during the first stage of the 2026 tournament.
The Premier League in England and La Liga in Spain begin their 2026–27 seasons in August. World Cup players will return to clubs including Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The UEFA Champions League is a competition between leading European clubs rather than national teams. Players who faced each other during the World Cup may become teammates again or meet while representing their clubs.
Professional club seasons pause several times each year so players can return to their national teams. These periods can include friendlies, Nations League games and qualifying matches.
Additional United States, Mexico and other national-team friendlies may be announced later. We don’t know yet which teams will return to Texas, so I’ll add them only after a federation, club or venue confirms the match.
Texas already has Liga MX clubs coming for Leagues Cup and women’s national teams coming for the Concacaf W Championship.
FC Dallas will face Liga MX club Querétaro on August 5 at Texas Health Mansfield Stadium.
This is FC Dallas’ only opening-stage Leagues Cup match in Texas. The club’s other matches are scheduled against Chivas in California and Toluca in Mexico.
The tournament match gives North Texas fans the opportunity to attend an international club competition involving teams from the United States and Mexico.
Austin FC will host Club Tijuana on August 6 at Q2 Stadium.
Club Tijuana, commonly known as Xolos, competes in Liga MX and represents Tijuana, Baja California. This will be the first of three Liga MX opponents scheduled to visit Austin during the initial stage of Leagues Cup.
Puebla will play Austin FC at Q2 Stadium on August 9.
The match falls during the second round of the Leagues Cup opening stage and provides another opportunity to see a Mexican professional club in Texas.
Austin FC will host Club América on August 13 at Q2 Stadium.
Club América is one of the most widely followed and successful teams in Mexican soccer. Because of its large fan base in both Mexico and the United States, this is likely to be one of the highest-demand Texas soccer games after the World Cup.
Austin is currently the only Texas city scheduled to host three different Liga MX clubs during the opening stage of Leagues Cup.
Texas has men’s and women’s professional clubs in Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin and Houston. The separate team guide keeps the complete club profiles, rest-of-2026 schedules, international-player connections, rivalries and team-specific supporter groups without making this hub overwhelming.
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View the GuideFans who discovered individual players during the World Cup can continue following them through their professional clubs.
While those clubs may feel far away, Texas has supporter groups and high-energy watch spots dedicated to many of them, which can make following an overseas team feel much more local. If you want to watch with other fans, use my guide to the best soccer bars and supporter groups in Texas.
Erling Haaland returns to Manchester City after representing Norway. Manchester City play in the English Premier League and the UEFA Champions League, so Haaland may appear in league matches, English cup competitions and European competition, depending on availability. Dutch fans can also continue watching Netherlands players Nathan Aké and Tijjani Reijnders with Manchester City.
Key Manchester City matches scheduled for the first part of the season include:
Premier League dates and kickoff times can move after television selections and cup schedules are finalized.
Kylian Mbappé returns to Real Madrid after representing France. You can also watch others, including:
Key Real Madrid dates include:
La Liga normally confirms exact kickoff times closer to each match.
Lamine Yamal returns to Barcelona after representing Spain. Barcelona also include several players associated with Spain’s national team and other World Cup countries.
Important early-season dates include:
Barcelona and Real Madrid’s rivalry is known as El Clásico and it is one of the most watched club matches in the world. A few years back, I watched them play at AT&T Stadium. It is one of my favorite reminders that major international clubs do return to Texas for preseason tours and exhibitions, so the World Cup may not be your last chance to see your favorite players here.
The UEFA Champions League brings together top clubs from European domestic leagues. The 2026 league-phase matchdays are scheduled for:
The draw determines which clubs play one another on each date.
Lionel Messi returns to Inter Miami after representing Argentina. Inter Miami’s published 2026 regular-season schedule does not include a Texas match after the World Cup, so the most reliable way to see him this season is to travel to one of Inter Miami’s remaining games. A Texas appearance could still happen through an MLS playoff matchup, a later tournament draw or an exhibition, and a future season could bring another opportunity, but none of those is confirmed yet.
As of July 16, no Al Nassr match or Cristiano Ronaldo appearance in Texas has been announced for the rest of 2026. Ronaldo plays for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League, so fans who want to keep following him can watch the club’s Saudi league and cup matches. The full 2026–27 fixture page is not populated yet. Al Nassr reached last season’s AFC Champions League Two final, so future continental competition could also take the club to other countries across Asia once the next draw and schedule are confirmed. You may also recognize his Al Nassr teammates João Félix, Kingsley Coman and Sadio Mané.
Vozinha was part of Cape Verde’s World Cup squad. Liga Portugal currently lists him with GD Chaves, so that is the club to follow if you want to keep watching him after the World Cup.
If you want to keep watching with other fans, the separate watch guide includes club-specific supporter homes and general soccer bars that passed a recent-activity check across Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin and Houston.
FAQ
Yes. Club América are scheduled to play Austin FC at Q2 Stadium on August 13 during Leagues Cup.
Yes. Querétaro, Club Tijuana, Puebla and Club América are scheduled to play in Texas during Leagues Cup.
No Inter Miami regular-season match in Texas is currently scheduled for the rest of 2026.
No Al Nassr or Cristiano Ronaldo match in Texas has been announced for the rest of 2026.
Yes. The United States will play El Salvador in Mansfield on November 27 during the Concacaf W Championship. Additional matches will depend on tournament results.
Yes. Mexico will play Haiti in Mansfield on November 28 during the Concacaf W Championship.
They could. Additional United States, Mexico and other national-team friendlies may be announced later, and major international clubs regularly return for preseason tours and exhibitions. I’ll add any future Texas matches after a federation, club or venue confirms them.
The separate Texas soccer-bars guide includes only supporter groups and venues with recent match-specific activity and a current meeting place. It currently covers verified options in Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin and Houston.
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