{"id":295645,"date":"2026-07-14T17:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295645\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:38:53","slug":"its-a-vibe-brooklyn-england-fans-celebrate-three-lions-world-cup-semifinal-run-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295645\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s a vibe\u2019: Brooklyn England fans celebrate Three Lions\u2019 World Cup semifinal run \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

English soccer fans have reason to believe that the world\u2019s most coveted sports trophy \u2014 the FIFA World Cup Trophy \u2014 could finally be coming home after 60 years of dreaming.\n<\/p>\n

The Three Lions defeated Norway 2-1 in extra time in the FIFA World Cup quarterfinal on July 11, advancing to the semifinals, where they will face Argentina on July 15 at 3 p.m. in Atlanta.\n<\/p>\n

Despite being the birthplace of modern soccer, England has won the championship only once: in 1966, when it defeated West Germany 4-2 at Wembley Stadium. It was also the only time England reached a World Cup final.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s victory marked the third time England has reached the World Cup semifinals, following appearances in 1990 and 2018. The team now hopes to reach its second final and capture its first major international trophy in 60 years.<\/p>\n

England fans cheered on \u201ctheir boys\u201d at a packed watch party at The Monro in Park Slope. The British pub is a favorite among football fans \u2014 \u201cjust don\u2019t call it soccer\u201d \u2014 and is also the official supporter pub for Liverpool F.C.<\/p>\n

\"\"England fans celebrate the Three Lions\u2019 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway during a FIFA World Cup quarterfinal watch party at The Monro pub in Park Slope on July 11.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann \"\"England fans celebrate the Three Lions\u2019 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway during a FIFA World Cup quarterfinal watch party at The Monro pub in Park Slope on July 11.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

The match kicked off at 5 p.m. at Miami Stadium and got off to a slow start before Norway\u2019s Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring in the 36th minute. England\u2019s No. 10, Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, scored the equalizer in first-half stoppage time. Moments later, a goal by Harry Kane was ruled offside, ending England\u2019s hopes of heading into halftime with the lead.<\/p>\n

In the second half, Norway appeared to regain the advantage in the 55th minute when Torbj\u00f8rn Heggem scored from a corner kick. However, the goal was overturned after a VAR review determined that Norway\u2019s Erling Haaland had pushed England\u2019s Elliot Anderson as the ball was played into the box.<\/p>\n

The match went into extra time, where the 23-year-old Bellingham scored his second goal of the game in the 93rd minute \u2014 his sixth goal of the tournament \u2014 securing England\u2019s place in the semifinals and ending Norway\u2019s remarkable World Cup run.<\/p>\n

Among the fans celebrating at The Monro were Kate Askew and Harry Norrish, who showed their England pride wrapped in the St. George flag. They told Brooklyn Paper during the break between regulation and extra time that the current England squad was the best team the country had seen in years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a real pleasure to see the new team that we\u2019ve got with our new manager finally playing the attacking football that we\u2019ve wanted to play for years. We\u2019re moving forward. We keep the ball moving. This is the best the team has looked in a long time,\u201d Norrish, who moved from Leicester, England, to Brooklyn at the beginning of the year, said.<\/p>\n

Askew, a Londoner visiting Norrish, predicted England would make it all the way to the final.\n<\/p>\n

\"\"Kate Askew and Harry Norrish show their England pride with a St. George flag while watching the FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match against Norway at The Monro in Park Slope on July 11.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann \"\"England supporters cheer as the Three Lions advance to the FIFA World Cup semifinals during a packed watch party at The Monro in Park Slope on July 11.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing good. The final will be England vs. France, and at that point, anything can happen,\u201d Askew predicted, noting that the players finally focused on representing England. \u201cIn terms of the golden era of English football, the reason why we never made it in the 2000s was that too many players put club before country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gloria Mattera said England has experienced decades of near misses and heartbreak and was looking forward to a potential semifinal matchup against Argentina. Argentina defeated Switzerland 3-1 later that evening to advance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think Argentina was doing so great in their last few games. They kind of squeaked through, but I think it\u2019ll be a great thing to see Messi and Kane and what that competition is going to be like,\u201d Matter said.<\/p>\n

The semifinal matchup will feature two of soccer\u2019s biggest stars: England captain Harry Kane and Argentina captain Lionel Messi. The teams last met in an international friendly in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2005, when England won 3-2. Their most famous World Cup meeting came in 1986, when Argentina defeated England 2-1 in a quarterfinal match highlighted by Diego Maradona\u2019s iconic \u201cHand of God\u201d goal.<\/p>\n

Nicole Fusco-Evans, who owns The Monro with her husband, Vincent \u2014 the pub is named after Vincent\u2019s favorite hometown watering hole in Liverpool, England \u2014 was not only \u201cecstatic\u201d about the win but also about the camaraderie and celebration among fans at the pub, where supporters sang \u201cThree Lions,\u201d the unofficial anthem of England\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really brings the community together. It brings our neighborhood together. It\u2019s great. It\u2019s a vibe,\u201d Fusco-Evans declared.
\n\"\"Nicole Fusco-Evans (center), owner of The Monro pub in Park Slope, celebrates England\u2019s victory over Norway during a FIFA World Cup quarterfinal watch party.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann\n<\/p>\n

England\u2019s semifinal against Argentina will take place July 15 at 3 p.m. at Atlanta Stadium. The winner will advance to the final on Sunday, July 19, at New York\/New Jersey Stadium, where it will face either Spain or France. Spain and France meet in the other semifinal on July 14 at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"English soccer fans have reason to believe that the world\u2019s most coveted sports trophy \u2014 the FIFA World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,16325,112651,34049,112652,9,24,12,370,75537,63,400,99319,112653,112654],"class_list":["post-295645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-england","tag-england-fans","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-fifa-world-cup-quarter-finals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-norway","tag-nyc","tag-soccer","tag-soccer-fans","tag-the-monro","tag-the-three-lions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295645","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=295645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}