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A blockbuster set of men’s World Cup quarterfinals starts Friday with two games that pit South America’s titans against two of Europe’s giants.

The United States’ tournament-ending 3-1 loss to the Netherlands at the World Cup was seen by 16.5 million on U.S. English- and Spanish-language television and digital streams

All to play for on day 11 with Australia vs Denmark, Tunisia vs France, Poland vs Argentina, and Saudi Arabia vs Mexico.

The Giants-Cowboys match-up was the most-watched NFL regular-season game ever, averaging 42 million viewers.

There was little question, from the moment the United States and Iran were drawn into the same World Cup group, that their Tuesday match would be politically charged.

Argentina’s 2-0 win over Mexico was the most-watched Spanish-language World Cup group stage broadcast in U.S. history, draw 8.9 million viewers on Telemundo television and the streaming services of Telemundo and Peacock

One of the World Cup’s most-anticipated group stage games is in the spotlight Sunday: Spain vs. Germany. Canada also returns to action after impressing fans but losing its opener to Belgium, and Japan aims to build on its upset of Germany against Costa Rica.

After struggles in their group stage openers, Mexico and Argentina clash in Saturday’s big game at the World Cup. Earlier in the day, Poland and defending champion France are in action.

American soccer doesn’t treasure its history the way baseball and other sports do. But this country’s traditional national pastime can barely match a quirk of history that will be at stake when the U.S. men’s soccer team plays England at the World Cup on Black Friday (2 p.m. ET, Fox,…