{"id":332683,"date":"2026-06-11T20:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/332683\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:50:17","slug":"fifa-fever-takes-over-houston-as-first-matches-take-place-in-mexico-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/332683\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA fever takes over Houston as first matches take place in Mexico: Live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

ByABC13 Digital Team \"KTRK<\/p>\n

Last updated: Thursday, June 11, 2026 7:54PM GMT<\/p>\n

\"FIFA<\/p>\n

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The FIFA World Cup is here, and Houstonians are swarming fan events and local businesses as the soccer event seizes the summer.<\/p>\n

H-Town is hosting seven matches, but fans will have plenty of other things to enjoy in the Bayou City.<\/p>\n

ABC13 has live updates to keep all Houstonians, from soccer aficionados to commuters looking to dodge traffic, informed throughout the multi-country event.<\/p>\n

For the latest breaking news, weather, and traffic, ABC13 is now live on Disney+. Always on, always under the live tab on Disney+ and everywhere you stream.<\/p>\n

\"KTRK<\/p>\n

What FIFA World Cup matches will take place in Houston?<\/p>\n

H-Town will host seven of the World Cup games. Five of them will take place during the group stage, one of them during the round of 32, and the last during the round of 16. See below for the matches.<\/p>\n

June 13 – Germany vs. CuracaoJune 17 – Portugal vs. CongoJune 20 – Netherlands vs. SwedenJune 23 – Portugal vs. UzbekistanJune 26 – Cape Verde vs. Saudi ArabiaJune 29 – TBD (round of 32)July 4 – TBD (round of 16)<\/p>\n

All the matches will be held at Houston Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"KTRK<\/p>\n

FIFA Fan Festival Houston reaches capacity as first World Cup match starts in Mexico, FIFA says<\/p>\n

Entry to the FIFA Fan Festival, the official watch party location for World Cup viewers in Houston, was temporarily paused due to capacity on the first day of the multi-country tournament.<\/p>\n

FIFA World Cup Houston published the update on X as the first match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa kicked off on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Officials encouraged fans to visit other locations and support local businesses to watch the match.<\/p>\n

FIFA said that the festival’s gates would reopen as space became available.<\/p>\n

\"Colombian<\/a><\/p>\n

Colombian singer J Balvin performs before the start of the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC13 Digital Team Last updated: Thursday, June 11, 2026 7:54PM GMT HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The FIFA World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[118913,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-332683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-118913","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332683","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=332683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}