Iraqi National Team Supporters in California hosted the watch party at Prestige Banquet Hall in El Cajon for the Norway match.

The 2026 World Cup continues with a four-match slate on Tuesday, with Iraq taking on Norway in the day's second game in Group I play. Iraq are slotted 57th in FIFA rankings and are back in the tournament for the first time since 1986,

Iraq striker Aymen Hussein was delayed on the way to his first World Cup. He still made the best of his tournament debut. Earlier this month, it wasn't clear whether Hussein would be able to compete in the tournament after he and another member of the team's traveling party were detained for several hours coming through U.

WBZ-TV's Juli McDonald spoke with fans before the Iraq-Norway World Cup match at Boston Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Norway got on the board early in their 2026 World Cup match. Unsurprsingly, it was Erling Haaland who delivered the team's first WC goal since 1998.

Ipswich striker Ali Al-Hamadi says he and the rest of the Iraq squad want to give people "something to remember" as they prepare to open their World Cup campaign on Tuesday night against Norway. Al-Hamadi,