World Cup 2022 draw - United States to face England; Mexico to play Lionel Messi's Argentina

The United States has been drawn in Group B against England, Iran and the winner of the last remaining European playoff for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, while Mexico will face Lionel Messi's Argentina.

The last team in the USMNT's group will be decided in June, as either Scotland or Ukraine will face Wales for the final European spot at the World Cup.

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Mexico has been drawn in Group C and will face Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia, while Canada will face Belgium, Morocco and Croatia in Group F.

The USMNT will play its tournament opener against the winner of the European playoff on Nov. 21, before facing England on Nov. 25 and Iran on Nov. 29.

If the U.S. qualifies from its group, it will then play either the winner or the runner-up from Group A (Qatar, Senegal, Ecuador and Netherlands) in the round of 16.

Gregg Berhalter's side clinched one of CONCACAF's three automatic qualification places on Wednesday despite a 2-0 defeat to Costa Rica.

The 48-year-old coach will be taking charge of his first World Cup as U.S. boss. He was hired in December 2018, just over 12 months after the country's failure to qualify for the World Cup in Russia.

«We think it's a good group — we know every opponent in the World Cup is difficult, but with England you get an exciting matchup, with Iran it's a diverse opponent and they've done well in qualifying, and then we'll have to wait to see who the third opponent is,» Berhalter told the BBC.

«Overall pleased with the group and excited to get started.»

The U.S. and England have history at World Cups and will meet again on Black Friday. In 1950, the U.S. delivered one of