FC Dallas’ Petar Musa is making his World Cup debut with Croatia against England at Dallas Stadium. The game kicks off at 3 p.m. England is one of the highest-ranked teams in the tournament.
Musa has already scored 12 goals so far for FC Dallas this season, making him one of the top scorers in the MLS.
NBC 5 spoke with Musa about preparing for the biggest soccer tournament in the world.
“The work I was putting in every day, it was it was my motivation to work even harder.” Musa said, “It was, it was funny when I said, I would like that one of our games will be in Dallas, and this happened, you know, the first game against England, against a big, big team. But yeah, we are not scared of anyone.”
Croatia’s squad also features legend Luka Modric, who helped lead them to back-to-back World Cup semifinals, including in 2018 against England. Croatia, which is based in Virginia, also plays Panama on June 23 at 6 p.m. CT in Toronto and then Ghana on June 27 at 4 p.m. CT in Philadelphia.
In total, three active FC Dallas players will represent Croatia, Haiti, and Sweden in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, marking a first for the club.