{"id":785184,"date":"2026-07-07T02:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785184\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T02:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:55:09","slug":"portuguese-soccer-fans-gather-in-hamilton-for-portugal-spain-world-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785184\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese soccer fans gather in Hamilton for Portugal-Spain World Cup match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                Fans are watching the FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Portugal and Spain at the Hamilton Portuguese Band Hall. (Jason Gaidola\/CHCH News).<\/p>\n<p>Despite Canada exiting the FIFA Men\u2019s World Cup, many in our local communities are still cheering on other nations that are still in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s Portuguese community geared up to watch Cristiano Ronaldo and Team Portugal square off against archrivals and neighbouring country Spain Monday afternoon, in round of 16 action.<\/p>\n<p>Much of Canada saw the Portuguese passion in last week\u2019s match in Toronto, but now it\u2019s back to familiar grounds, whether it be at a cafe or at a social club like the Hamilton Portuguese Band Hall on MacNab Street.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/local-team-canada-fans-still-proud-after-world-cup-loss-to-morocco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Local Team Canada fans still proud after World Cup loss to Morocco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/niagara-falls-mayor-backs-plan-to-replace-clifton-hill-skywheel\/\" class=\"nav-item-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Clifton-Hill-SkyWheel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Niagara Falls SkyWheel ferris wheel\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrevious CHCH News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNiagara Falls mayor backs plan to replace Clifton Hill SkyWheel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/trumps-claim-of-overturning-world-cup-suspension-sparks-controversy\/\" class=\"nav-item-next\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext CHCH News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrump&#8217;s claim of overturning World Cup suspension sparks controversy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TRUMP-1-1024x676.avif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Fans are watching the FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Portugal and Spain at the Hamilton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-785184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785184","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=785184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}