{"id":350827,"date":"2026-06-26T01:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350827\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:46:20","slug":"japan-sweden-play-to-draw-in-world-cup-at-dallas-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350827\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan, Sweden play to draw in World Cup at Dallas Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Netherlands locking up first place via a 3-1 win over Tunisia, the match in Dallas was to decide second place in the group and the easier path in the Round of 32.<\/p>\n

The result means Japan finishes second and will face Brazil in the Round of 32 in Houston on June 29. With the draw, Sweden also advances as a third-place team and will face the winner of Group I in the Round of 32 in New York. France plays Norway on Friday<\/a> for first place in Group I.<\/p>\n

Both teams will advance to the knockout rounds thanks to the 2026\u00a0FIFA World Cup\u2019s expanded tournament, which allows a select group of third-place teams to move on from the group stage.<\/p>\n

Daizen Maeda finally found the breakthrough for Japan during the 56th minute following a precise passing sequence near the edge of the box to give Japan a 1-0 advantage.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, Anthony\u00a0Elanga equalized for Sweden on a curling shot from outside the box that snuck right under Japanese keeper Zion Suzuki.<\/p>\n

The first half was neutral with neither team creating many attacking chances. Swedish defender Isak Hien was subbed off in the 37th-minute for midfielder Lucas Bergvall after suffering an injury. That substitution made team captain Victor Lindel\u00f6f drop back from the midfield into his more natural position as a center back in the back three. <\/p>\n

Japan also made an injury sub in the first half, taking off\u00a0K\u014d\u00a0Itakura for Sh\u014dgo Taniguchi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Netherlands locking up first place via a 3-1 win over Tunisia, the match in Dallas was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,121655,87907,87906],"class_list":["post-350827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-tp-at-t-stadium","tag-tp-arlington","tag-tp-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350827","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=350827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}