Fans from Croatia and England are making their way to North Texas ahead of their teams\u2019 match on Wednesday at Dallas Stadium in Arlington.<\/p>\n
In downtown Dallas, members of the Croatia fan group Mi Hrvati \u2014 which means \u201cwe Croatians\u201d \u2014 are planning a celebration Tuesday night at Civic Park. The group says it expects to fill the area with Croatian pride.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe pretty much expect to turn Dallas red and white,\u201d said Klemintina Mikus from Mi Hrvati fan group.<\/p>\n
At the center of the celebration will be an iconic Croatian flag longer than a football field.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes 100 people to carry it,\u201d Mikus said. \u201cWe’re going to have some horse riders, we’re going to have carriages, we’re going to have Croatian music.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mikus said the location was selected for a reason.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis location was chosen because it’s really close to the JK Memorial. And the Mihiravati fan group really wanted to also pay respects to America with this parade,\u201d said Mikus.<\/p>\n
Just around the corner, English fans are also preparing for a major party Tuesday night at The Londonder.<\/p>\n
A fan said English supporters are ready to bring the energy.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo rowdy, Americans got nothing on the English!,\u201d an English fan said.<\/p>\n
The pub\u2019s assistant general manager said the Londonder is expecting to host at least 200 English fans and is making sure the pub is fully staffed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe host it here all the time. They come here because we make sure they have a good time,\u201d said Isaac Hines, assistant general manager for the Londonder.<\/p>\n
The fans may be on opposite sides, each rooting for a win, but they are bonded by mutual respect and pride for soccer. Both fan groups said anyone is welcome to join the celebrations.<\/p>\n
This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC DFW. AI tools helped convert the story into a digital article, and an NBC DFW journalist edited it again before publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans from Croatia and England are making their way to North Texas ahead of their teams\u2019 match on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3691,102,104,103],"class_list":["post-337689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337689","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=337689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}