{"id":228097,"date":"2026-03-31T05:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:17:19","slug":"final-world-cup-spot-to-be-decided-for-dallas-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228097\/","title":{"rendered":"Final World Cup spot to be decided for Dallas Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup field will be finalized Tuesday, and North Texas soccer fans will finally learn the last group stage matchup being played at AT&amp;T Stadium, as well as the two teams who will make their base camps here throughout the monthlong tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the matches being played in Arlington were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/fifa-world-cup\/article313461470.html\">revealed in December<\/a> by FIFA, soccer\u2019s world governing body. The fifth would pit Japan against one of the playoff winners to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that determination comes Tuesday when Poland and Sweden face off at 1:45 p.m. Central in Stockholm. The winner will get the final spot in World Cup Group F and will face Japan in the group stage at 6 p.m. June 25 at AT&amp;T Stadium, known as Dallas Stadium for the World Cup because of FIFA sponsorship policies.<\/p>\n<p>Two North Texas base camps to be determined<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but the Poland-Sweden winner will also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/fifa-world-cup\/article314907356.html\">make its base camp<\/a> at Toyota Stadium, home of FC Dallas, during the tournament. Base camps serve as the \u201cprimary training and operational headquarters for participating teams throughout the tournament,\u201d organizers have said.<\/p>\n<p>Another team making its base camp in North Texas will also be determined Tuesday when the Czech Republic and Denmark play at 1:45 p.m. in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will train at the new Mansfield Stadium, future home of the North Texas Soccer Club, during the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19 at sites in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the five group stage matches, AT&amp;T Stadium will host four matches in the knockout round, including a semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the schedule of group stage matches at AT&amp;T Stadium:<\/p>\n<p>June 14: Netherlands vs. Japan (Group F), 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>June 17: England vs. Croatia (Group L), 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>June 22: Argentina vs. Austria (Group J), noon<\/p>\n<p>June 25: Japan vs. Poland\/Sweden (Group F), 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>June 27: Argentina vs. Jordan (Group J), 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/311666300\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jim_Barnes.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Jim Barnes\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/311666300\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Barnes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Jim Barnes is the Star-Telegram\u2019s sports editor. A Fort Worth native and graduate of Castleberry High School, he returned to Texas after 13 years at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He previously was sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and a freelance high school sports reporter for The Dallas Morning News.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Cup field will be finalized Tuesday, and North Texas soccer fans will finally learn the last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2124,116,118,117,88200,88201,88199,88202],"class_list":{"0":"post-228097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fc-dallas","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","11":"tag-fort-worth-news","12":"tag-japan-group-stage","13":"tag-north-texas-base-camp","14":"tag-poland-vs-sweden","15":"tag-world-cup-match-schedule"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}