Transit users ride the Skytrain as it approaches downtown Vancouver an hour before New Zealand takes on Belgium at the FIFA World Cup on June 26, 2026. Despite it being a World Cup match day, the city’s transit system appeared to be functioning normally, even at rush hour. Jesse Winter/The Globe and Mail
Victor Montagliani, the president of CONCACAF and a vice-president of FIFA juggles a ball at Garden Park, where he used to play pickup soccer as a kid growing up in East Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 4, 2026. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)