Messi's Argentina has two friendlies in the U.S., the two nations they will play

Lionel Messi has been in the U.S. for a while since joining Inter Miami last summer. While Messi is already here in the United States, the rest of his Argentina national teammates will come here to play two friendlies in March. Argentina will not be playing in Miami, where Messi normally plays. Argentina will play two nations that are not from South America; a different test for the World Champions.

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Argentina will play in the USA on March 22 and March 26th. The game on the 22nd of March will be played at Lincoln Financial Field stadium, home of the Philadelphia Eagles. Argentina will play El Salvador in Philadelphia. The second game will be played on the West Coast at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. On the 26th of March, Argentina will play Nigeria.

Argentina is reportedly set to have another friendly game in the U.S. against Guatemala at the FedEx Field in Washington, DC, on June 14th. The World Champions' last friendly was a 2-0 win against Indonesia last summer. These upcoming friendlies will be in preparation for the 2024 Copa America, which will be held in the United States. Argentina will play their first game in Copa America against Canada or Trinidad and Tobago. Their second game in the Copa America will be against Chile, and their third group-stage game will be against Peru.

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Argentina is first in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers

Despite losing to Uruguay 2-0 last November, Argentina is still first in the CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup qualifier standings with 15 points. Uruguay is second in the table with 13 points. Out of ten teams, the first six placed teams in the table will automatically qualify for the 2026 World Cup, while 7th place has to play an International playoff round. Brazil are 6th after six games with 7 points.