{"id":368906,"date":"2026-07-11T00:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/368906\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:19:06","slug":"france-vs-spain-world-cup-semifinal-at-att-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/368906\/","title":{"rendered":"France vs Spain: World Cup semifinal at AT&#038;T Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The matchup for the FIFA World Cup semifinal at AT&amp;T Stadium is set, with powerhouses France and Spain playing for a chance to advance to the final.<\/p>\n<p>The match will feature the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.fifa.com\/fifa-world-ranking\/men\">world\u2019s highest-ranked teams<\/a> in No. 1 France and No. 2 Spain. Spain moved up from No. 3 with its quarterfinal victory Friday over Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>France has scored more goals than any other team in the tournament, led by Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who is tied with Argentina\u2019s Lionel Messi for the most goals scored by an individual player with eight.<\/p>\n<p>France won 2-0 in the quarterfinals Thursday against Morocco, which gave Les Bleus as much as they could handle until Mbapp\u00e9 scored in the 60th minute and Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 added his own goal only six minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Spain topped Belgium 2-1, with the Red Devils becoming the first team to score against the Spaniards in the tournament when Charles De Ketelaere tied the game shortly before halftime.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mikel Merino\u2019s goal in the 88th minute helped The Red One get the win and advance to the semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup between France and Spain will be star-studded with perhaps the world\u2019s best player Mbapp\u00e9 facing off with Spanish prodigy Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff is at 2 p.m. Tuesday at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, the last of nine World Cup matches being held there.<\/p>\n<p>Spain <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/fifa-world-cup\/article316400225.html\">defeated Portugal 1-0<\/a> in a round of 16 match at AT&amp;T Stadium. France will be making its first appearance in Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>France won the 2018 World Cup and was the runner-up in 2022 to Argentina. Spain won the World Cup in 2010 but had not been past the round of 16 since.<\/p>\n<p>  Game schedule dates, times, locations              June 29 Rangers 6, Cleveland 3      June 30 Rangers 4, Cleveland 2      July 1 Cleveland 9, Rangers 4      July 2 Rangers 10, Detroit 4      July 4 Detroit 3, Rangers 0      July 5 Detroit 6, Rangers 3      July 7 Rangers 8, L.A. Angels 3      July 8 vs. L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m., RSN      July 9 vs. L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m., RSN      July 10 vs. Houston, 7:05 p.m., CW      July 11 vs. Houston, 6:05 p.m., RSN      July 12 vs. Houston, 1:35 p.m., RSN      All-Star break                    June 25 Las Vegas 99, Wings 84      June 28 Minnesota 85, Wings 77      July 2 Wings 86, Connecticut 83      July 5 Wings 89, Toronto 76      July 7 Wings 88, New York 77      July 10 vs. Toronto (at Montreal), 6:30 p.m., Ion      July 12 vs. Chicago (at American Airlines Center), 6 p.m., ESPN, Disney+      July 16 vs. New York, 8 p.m., Amazon Prime Video      July 19 vs. Los Angeles, 12 p.m., ABC      July 22 at Portland, 9 p.m., KFAA, USA, CNBC                    2026 season      Aug. 29 vs. North Carolina (at Dublin), 11 a.m., ESPN      Sept. 12 vs. Grambling State, 7 p.m., ESPN+      Sept. 19 vs. Arkansas State, 7 p.m., ESPNU      Sept. 26 at Central Florida, TBA      Oct. 3 vs. BYU, TBA      Oct. 17 at Baylor, TBA      Oct. 24 vs. West Virginia, TBA      Oct. 31 vs. Kansas, TBA      Nov. 6 at Arizona, 9:15 p.m., ESPN      Nov. 14 vs. Kansas State, TBA      Nov. 21 vs. Utah, TBA      Nov. 26 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m., ESPN                    Sept. 13 at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m., NBC      Sept. 20 vs. Washington, 3:25 p.m., Fox      Sept. 27 vs. Baltimore (at Rio de Janeiro), 3:25 p.m., CBS      Oct. 4 at Houston, 12 p.m., Fox      Oct. 8 vs. Tampa Bay, 7:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video      Oct. 18 at Green Bay, 7:20 p.m., NBC      Oct. 26 at Philadelphia, 7:15 p.m., ESPN, ABC      Nov. 1 vs. Arizona, 12 p.m., Fox      Nov. 8 at Indianapolis, 12 p.m., Fox      Nov. 15 vs. San Francisco, 3:25 p.m., Fox      Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee, 12 p.m., Fox      Nov. 26 vs. Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m., Fox      Dec. 7 at Seattle, 7:15 p.m., ESPN, ABC      Dec. 20 at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m., CBS      Dec. 27 vs. Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m., NBC      Jan. 3 vs. N.Y. Giants, 12 p.m., Fox      Jan. 9 or 10 at Washington, TBA                    All local matches at AT&amp;T Stadium      Group stage      June 14 Japan 2, Netherlands 2 (Group F)      June 17 England 4, Croatia 2 (Group L)      June 22 Argentina 2, Austria 0 (Group J)      June 25 Japan 1, Sweden 1 (Group F)      June 27 Argentina 3, Jordan 1 (Group J)      Knockout round      June 30 Norway 2, Ivory Coast 1 (round of 32)      July 3 Egypt 1, Australia 1 (Egypt wins 4-2 on PKs) (round of 32)      July 6 Spain 1, Portugal 0 (round of 16)      July 14 Semifinal: France\/Morocco vs. Spain\/Belgium, 2 p.m., Fox                    May 2 FC Dallas 2, NY Red Bulls 0      May 9 FC Dallas 3, Salt Lake 1      May 13 Vancouver 3, FC Dallas 2      May 16 FC Dallas 3, San Jose 2      May 23 FC Dallas 2, Colorado 1      World Cup break      July 22 at Portland, 9:30 p.m., Apple TV      July 25 at San Diego, 8:30 p.m., FS1, Apple TV                    July 11 NASCAR Racing Experience      July 11 Hearts in High Gear      July 25 Drift n Drag      Aug. 1 NASCAR Racing Experience      Aug. 29 Team Texas: David Starr&#8217;s Racing School      Sept. 5 NASCAR Racing Experience      <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/270854627\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783729146_265_MUG_Lawrence Dow.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Lawrence Dow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/270854627\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawrence Dow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Lawrence Dow is a digital sports reporter from Philadelphia. He graduated with a master\u2019s degree in journalism from USC. He\u2019s passionate about movies and is always looking for a great book. He covers the Texas Rangers and other sports.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The matchup for the FIFA World Cup semifinal at AT&amp;T Stadium is set, with powerhouses France and Spain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-368906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368906","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=368906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}