With 48 participating teams, 104 matches to be played in 16 cities in three different countries, the 2026 North American World Cup is larger than any other event of this type. Mexico will be the first host to activate this Thursday, June 11, with an opening ceremony at the Azteca Stadium in which artists such as Shakira, Belinda, Alejandro Fernández, Maná, Danny Ocean and J Balvin, among others, will participate. The duel between 'Tri' and South Africa opens an event that has been plagued by controversy, between the protests in Mexico City, immigration restrictions in the United States and the high costs of tickets.