{"id":322349,"date":"2026-06-28T05:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322349\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T05:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:59:16","slug":"marco-rubio-kash-patel-attends-world-cup-match-at-hard-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322349\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio, Kash Patel attends World Cup match at Hard Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the World Cup match between Colombia and Portugal at Hard Rock Stadium, with the West Miami Republican arriving with local soccer moguls Jose and Jorge Mas.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 7 p.m., Rubio was spotted being dropped off by a security detail on a side entrance to the stadium. Dressed in a blazer and open collar shirt, he greeted personnel stationed in the private walkway reserved for high-profile guests.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio was later spotted in the stands with FBI Director Kash Patel and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_2026-06-27AD1074WCPortugalColombia.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"MIA_2026-06-27AD1074WCPortugalColombia.JPG\" alt=\"Former Miami Mayor Francis Suarez greets Jos\u00e9 Mas co-owner of Inter Miami CF, before the start of the World Cup Group K soccer match between Colombia and Portugal at Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Stadium) in Miami Gardens, Florida on Saturday, June 27, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Former Miami Mayor Francis Suarez greets Jos\u00e9 Mas co-owner of Inter Miami CF, before the start of the World Cup Group K soccer match between Colombia and Portugal at Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Stadium) in Miami Gardens, Florida on Saturday, June 27, 2026.                                                                                            Photography by AL DIAZ                                                                            adiaz@miamiherald.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>This is Rubio\u2019s second known World Cup, with the nation\u2019s top diplomat also attending the <a href=\"http:\/\/u.sx\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">U.S<\/a>. team\u2019s debut match against Paraguay in Los Angeles on June 13. His appearance at Saturday\u2019s match was well chronicled by attendees at the match, including Francis Suarez, the former Miami mayor, who posted a photo with Rubio during the game in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancisSuarez\/status\/2071037798337990999\">what appeared to be a stadium suite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Mas brothers are partners with David Beckham in Miami\u2019s MLS franchise, InterMiami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published June 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the World Cup match between Colombia and Portugal at Hard Rock Stadium,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-322349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}