Opponents and dates are not official: signatures are still missing on the (rich) contracts with the U.S. agency that is organizing the double commitment. What is certain, however, is the national team's return to the U.S. almost 19 years after the last time (Italy-Ecuador 1-1, in June 2005 at Giants Stadium in New York), with a first experience in the 2026 World Cup projection.

And the schedule for the week that will see Spalletti's group engaged in a short tour in March, when the championship stops, is outlined: on the 20th friendly with Peru in Miami, on the 24th test again with Ecuador, in Philadelphia.