{"id":271327,"date":"2026-06-18T21:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271327\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:47:48","slug":"brooklyn-park-man-experiences-trip-of-a-lifetime-with-dad-at-world-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271327\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Park Man Experiences ‘Trip of a Lifetime’ with Dad at World Cup Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

4:25 PM | Thursday, June 18, 2026<\/p>\n

For Shadi Ebrahim, watching his native Egypt play in the FIFA World Cup<\/a> with his father became a dream come true.<\/p>\n

Ebrahim, who lives in Brooklyn Park, surprised his father, Mohamed, with World Cup tickets to see Egypt play Belgium in Seattle on Monday, June 15. It\u2019s the first time either had seen their native country play a soccer match in person.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was cheering, clapping, they had the drums out. It felt like we were back in Egypt, they made the atmosphere like home,\u201d said Ebrahim.<\/p>\n

The experience was much more than about soccer.<\/p>\n

For Ebrahim, whose father is a longtime soccer fan and lifelong supporter of Egypt\u2019s national team, attending the World Cup offered a chance to see a dream become reality. While Ebrahim acknowledged he\u2019s more of a basketball and football fan, he knew immediately that attending the World Cup was something he wanted to share with his father.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis trip was for him,\u201d he said. \u201cI did it for him because I wanted to do something that was special for him, something meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ebrahim said he purchased the tickets months in advance as a Father\u2019s Day and birthday gift for his dad.<\/p>\n

The night before the match while walking along Seattle\u2019s waterfront, Ebrahim said he recalled hearing Arabic spoken by visitors and seeing jerseys representing countries from every corner of the world. Inside the stadium on game day, more than 66,000 fans packed the stands with Egyptian flags waving throughout the crowd.<\/p>\n

For Ebrahim, the most memorable part wasn\u2019t the final score, which ended in 1-1 draw, or even the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing my dad happy, that was everything,\u201d he said. \u201cJust cherishing the moment with him. That\u2019s something I will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Shadi Ebrahim (left) with his father, Mohamed, at the Egypt vs. Belgium FIFA World Cup match in Seattle<\/p>\n

Lizzy Nyoike reporting. Lizzy is an intern from the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Also see: Minnesota United To Host June 22 Youth Soccer Clinic in Brooklyn Park<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Park<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4:25 PM | Thursday, June 18, 2026 For Shadi Ebrahim, watching his native Egypt play in the FIFA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-271327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}