The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) held the draw for the groups of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Argentina was placed in charge of Group J and will play its matches in the cities of Kansas City and Dallas. On Friday, at the John F. Kennedy Center in the American city of Washington, the world's football governing body conducted the draw for the 12 groups of the upcoming World Cup. The Argentine national team will defend its champion title in this edition and will begin its journey on Tuesday, June 16, at 10:00 PM in Kansas City, facing Algeria. In the second match, it will play against Austria on Monday, June 22, at 2:00 PM in Dallas, the same city where it will conclude against Jordan on Saturday, June 27, at 11:00 PM, all with live coverage by the Argentine News Agency. Lionel Scaloni's team benefited in terms of travel it will have to make in this group stage, as it will move from Kansas City only once to play in Dallas. The distance between these two American cities is 800 kilometers. For fans, excluding tickets and accommodation, the one-way trip from any point in Argentina to Kansas costs between 1.4 and 2 million pesos, equivalent to 990 and 1730 dollars. For the second match against Austria in Dallas and the return to the first city for the final encounter, the round-trip travel between Kansas and the Texan city costs between 428 and 456 thousand pesos, an amount close to 300 dollars. The complexity for both the team and the fans arises in the round of 16 if they finish first in the group, as the matches will be played in Miami, in the southeastern United States. If they are second in Group J, they will have to travel to Los Angeles. The trip from Kansas to Miami costs between 292 and 451 thousand pesos, that is, between 205 and 316 dollars. In contrast, the trip from Kansas to Los Angeles costs between 290 and 363 thousand pesos, an equivalent close to 203 and 254 dollars. If they advance past the round of 16, the cities on the horizon are Dallas or Atlanta in the quarterfinals, Los Angeles or Kansas in the semifinals, and New York in the final.
