England will begin its World Cup campaign against Croatia in Dallas at 21:00 UK time on Wednesday 17 June. They will play at Dallas Stadium, home of the NFL's Cowboys, which has a retractable roof and air conditioning. This will mitigate the impact of the match starting at 16:00 EST (15:00 local time). The roof will be closed to the opener.
England learned the details of the group stage schedule during the second part of the World Cup draw in Washington on Saturday. Their second game, against Ghana on June 23, will be played in Foxboro, near Boston, at 4:00 pm EST. This is an open air stadium. The average June daytime mild high is 26°C.
England's final group game against Panama on June 27 is set to take place at New York New Jersey Stadium in New Jersey and kicks off at 5:00 pm EST. This is another open air stadium and the average daytime temperature in June is 27 degrees.
NYNJ Stadium will also host the finals, which will take place at 3:00 pm EST/8:00 pm BST on Sunday, July 19th.
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Scotland received a rather unfriendly kick-off time for their home fans. They open against Haiti in Foxborough on Saturday 13 June at 9pm EST/2am UK time.
Their second and third group games against Morocco in Foxboro on June 19 and Brazil in Miami on June 24 will begin at 6:00 pm EST. The silver lining for Steve Clark and his players is that the later kickoffs will help them beat the heat, especially in Miami.
England were drawn into Group L in Friday's main draw, which started last; The opening match of the tournament between Mexico, one of the tournament organizers, and South Africa will take place on June 11 in Mexico City. As a result, Tuchel may reconsider the date he takes his team to the US for a pre-tournament camp in Fort Lauderdale.
The Champions League final will be played in Budapest on May 30, and Tuchel was initially mulling whether to travel to the US before then, followed by all the Champions League final players. He can now delay everyone's departure until after the club's exhibition game.
The Football Association intends to narrow its search for training facilities for tournaments. Given the identity of the group play sites (Boston and New Jersey on the East Coast), it appears that the original preference for Kansas City may have to be put on hold. Tuchel said after Friday's draw: “We had a few preferred options and I think they're gone now, but let's see.”
Harry Kane shared his reaction to the draw. “There are some tough games ahead,” the England captain told Cleats Club. “It just excites me. And as the season goes on, the excitement will build and build. We'll try and win it. That's always England's goal – to try and become champions. We have to think we can beat anyone and it's no different at the World Cup.”
