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Toronto soccer fans gathered one last time Sunday to cheer on their favourite team and celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2026 winner: Spain.<\/p>\n
Argentina and Spain faced off in the final match of the tournament at New Jersey\u2019s MetLife Stadium Sunday afternoon. Ultimately, Spain proved victorious with a 1-0 win against Argentina, to the great joy of La Roja supporters in Toronto.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Forward Ferran Torres scored the winning goal in the 106th minute of the match. This is Spain\u2019s second FIFA World Cup title and the team\u2019s first in 16 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was deserved, Argentina needed to lose, finally,\u201d said Marya Al-Obaiei, who was at the FIFA Fan Festival in Toronto. \u201cWe\u2019re really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Friends Yousif Al-Ovidi and Harit Beroy were standing side by side, supporting opposing teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cArgentina lost, I\u2019m kind of sad but [Emiliano] Martinez did amazing today,\u201d Beroy said. \u201cWe made it this far, I\u2019m happy for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Forward Ferran Torres scored the winning goal in the 106th minute of the match. (Julio Cortez\/The Associated Press)<\/p>\n
When asked whether or not the friendship could continue despite this game, Beroy said that\u2019s not something to worry about.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s Toronto, we\u2019re all together at the end of the day,\u201d he told CBC Toronto.<\/p>\n
While the city had already closed its chapter as a host, festivities in Toronto continued until the very end. For six weeks, supporters gathered throughout the Greater Toronto Area, biting their nails, holding on to their seats and screaming at televisions of all sizes to take in the captivating world of soccer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow joined a large crowd of fans one last time at Nathan Phillips Square Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something about soccer: all can play and all can dream, which is very much like Toronto because everyone is welcome here,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have the world right here in this city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toronto was an amazing place to experience this historic tournament, said Deputy Mayor and Coun. Ausma Malik (Spadina-Fort York).<\/p>\n
\u201cToronto, you showed up and you shined,\u201d she said. \u201cWe showed the world what we had.\u201d<\/p>\n
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For six weeks, supporters gathered throughout the Greater Toronto Area, biting their nails, holding on to their seats and screaming at televisions of all sizes to take in the captivating world of soccer. (Sammy Kogan\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n
In a post to social media, Toronto police thanked fans, community partners and officers for their contributions during the World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been an honour to welcome the world to Toronto, and we’ll see you again,\u201d Toronto police said in its post.<\/p>\n
Mohaned Almasry, who has been playing soccer since he was a kid, told CBC Toronto Sunday it\u2019s exciting to see Canada officially becoming more of a soccer country.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are seeing how the culture for soccer is,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s nice seeing this many people watch my sport. \u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa Rodris and Vanessa Sese were both cheering for Spain at the FIFA Fan Festival in Toronto Sunday. They say it was exciting to be a part of this momentous time in the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy Toronto hosted. I\u2019m from Calgary but I came here, I saw it here and I love it,\u201d Rodris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of the great things about living in Toronto. You get to experience things like this and it brings the community together,\u201d Sese said.<\/p>\n
It may be the end of the tournament, but Toronto fans will get to reel in the memories, excitement and even disappointment until the next FIFA World Cup in 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-813148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813148","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=813148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}