{"id":353701,"date":"2026-06-28T19:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/353701\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:07:18","slug":"brazil-fans-to-rally-at-waterwall-a-day-before-match-with-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/353701\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil fans to rally at Waterwall a day before match with Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian fans, flags, and samba rhythms are coming to the Galleria-area&#8217;s\u00a0Waterwall Park Sunday afternoon, ahead of their storied team\u2019s Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/world-cup\/article\/brazil-japan-world-cup-preview-houston-22324184.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">knockout match against Japan<\/a> in the FIFA World Cup to played at Houston Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of fans are expected around 4 p.m. at Houston\u2019s iconic fountain and park for an afternoon of Batucada, a Brazilian drumming style, according to Movimento Verde Amarelo, one of Brazil\u2019s largest organized supporter groups.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil is a five-time\u00a0FIFA World Cup champion, the only team to claim that record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Monday match-up marks the first game of the single elimination round to hit Houston. Brazil is considered the favorite in its match against Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil entered the 2026 World Cup in an unusual position for the global powerhouse, according to most pundits. A frequent favorite to lift the trophy, Brazil found itself slotted in a tier below the top tournament contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing off against Morocco \u2013 considered Africa\u2019s strongest team \u2013 Brazil clinched first place in Group C in the group stage. Japan came out of Group\u00a0F in second place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although there will not be an organized march to\u00a0NRG Stadium on Monday, Movimento Verde Amarelo organizers said they expect fans from around the globe and across Houston to celebrate outside the stadium ahead of the 12 p.m. kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>The current get-in price for the Brazil and Japan matchup is $980, as of 10 a.m. Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brazilian fans, flags, and samba rhythms are coming to the Galleria-area&#8217;s\u00a0Waterwall Park Sunday afternoon, ahead of their storied&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-353701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353701","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=353701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}