Northern Ireland vs USA live stream: how to watch the international friendly wherever you are in the world

Northern Ireland vs USA live stream, Sky Sports Football, Sunday March 28, 5:05pm GMT

Northern Ireland welcome the United States to Windsor Park, hoping to correct a wretched run of form and get them back on track for qualification to the World Cup next year.

A defeat to Italy midweek has prolonged the Northern Irish winless run to six, since beating Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalties in October last year. Their opposition, however, are in a rich run of form.

The US are soaring high on confidence, buoyed by the likes of Weston McKennie, Sergino Dest and Tyler Adams all playing top-level football this season in the Champions League. This group of young players have a home-soil World Cup in the backs of their minds in 2026 - and will be one of the sides to watch over the coming years.

Teenagers Giovanni Reyna and Yunus Musah are performing in Europe's top five leagues, while Brenden Aaronson could well become a midfielder to keep an eye on in the coming months. 

The Americans have a lot of talent across the pitch and with Christian Pulisic fit again and hoping to break into Thomas Tuchel's first-choice side at Chelsea, the Stars and Stripes have a lot to prove this weekend.

With a strong spine to the team and plenty of experience throughout the side, though, Northern Ireland will hope to use this friendly as a foundation to build upon in preparation for a World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria this month. 

Steven Davis will become the most-capped British player of all time should he feature against the States. With the captain recently stating how important the game against Bulgaria is, this game could be the springboard that the Northern Irish need. 

Kick-off is at 5:05pm GMT and the game is being shown on Sky Sports Main Event in the UK.

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Use a VPN to watch a Northern Ireland vs USA live stream from outside your country

If you’re on holiday or just simply out of the country, your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows exactly where you are from your IP address. Your access to the game will be automatically blocked, which is annoying if you’ve paid a subscription fee and don't want to use an illegal, buffering stream that makes you miss another Jose Mourinho tantrum. And that's where we recommend ExpressVPN (more on which below). 

All you need to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to get beyond such aggravations (assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs). A VPN creates a private connection between your device and the internet, meaning suppliers can’t work out where you are and what you’re doing. The info going to and from is entirely encrypted.

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