{"id":734102,"date":"2026-06-13T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734102\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T11:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:48:09","slug":"world-cup-arrives-in-vancouver-with-australia-turkey-opener-at-bc-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734102\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup arrives in Vancouver with Australia-Turkey opener at BC Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781351289_551_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Science World, which has been transformed into a FIFA World Cup Trionda soccer ball, is seen near BC Place Stadium, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 13, 2026 | 3:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 The FIFA World Cup arrives in Vancouver tonight when Australia faces Turkey in the first tournament game at BC Place.<\/p>\n<p>The match will also serve as the first World Cup test of BC Place\u2019s newly installed natural grass surface, a temporary pitch built over the stadium\u2019s artificial turf and supported by irrigation, ventilation and UV-light systems.<\/p>\n<p>Players will be the first to use the temporary pitch under match conditions after months of construction and preparation aimed at meeting FIFA\u2019s standards for a World Cup playing surface.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, ranked 27th in the world, is making its sixth straight World Cup appearance and seventh overall after reaching the round of 16 in Qatar in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Science World, which has been transformed into a FIFA World Cup Trionda soccer ball, is seen near BC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-734102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}