{"id":75171,"date":"2025-12-04T01:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/75171\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T01:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:11:08","slug":"soccer-centric-dallas-school-excited-for-world-cup-2026-to-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/75171\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-centric Dallas school excited for World Cup 2026 to kick off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DALLAS – The 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> will be a dream come true for athletes around the world. It’s also serving as inspiration for young soccer players here in North Texas.<\/p>\n

Forms Academy \"\" <\/p>\n

When you think of what a school sounds like you might imagine lockers being slammed or a school bell ringing. At Forms Academy, however, those sounds are replaced by whistles, the dribbling of a soccer ball, and the dreams of making it as a professional soccer player.<\/p>\n

Reif Chron is a consultant at Forms. He explained the school is a soccer-centric development academy for players who want to spend most of their day outside a traditional school setting. They still receive their education, but also develop soccer skills and technique.<\/p>\n

Students spend four hours in the classroom and four hours on the pitch gaining the skills they need to make it pro.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Forms students excited for World Cup <\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

Student Ryanne Taylor told FOX 4 the workload isn’t too challenging, saying the format is fun for the students. \u00a0<\/p>\n

That said, balancing their dreams for greatness and homework can be even more challenging in a state that bleeds football.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I was trying for different sports, but I never liked football because of the tackling and I was too young,” student Matthew Trejo said.<\/p>\n

“I chose soccer because its more intense and its faster paced,” said student Noah Rivero.<\/p>\n

But the United States being one of the host countries for the World Cup is changing things.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s cool when kids can bring something that can be up close and personal that, in the past, had seemed so far,” Chron said.<\/p>\n

“They can go to games and they can look down and say, \u2018My dream of playing as a professional, that\u2019s tangible now. I can touch it,\u2019” Chron said.<\/p>\n

The students told FOX 4 the World Cup is an inspiration for them, hoping one day they can make it to the international tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I feel like it’s a really good experience because maybe I can go to some of the games and watch professional talents and try to learn from them,”\u00a0<\/p>\n

But for now, these kids are happy to wait and learn from the greats until it\u2019s their turn.<\/p>\n

World Cup comes to DFW <\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

The draw for next summer’s World Cup<\/a> is coming up Friday. We’ll find out the situation for matches at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.<\/p>\n

FOX carries this event live at 10:30 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

“The Kick”, our FOX 4 World Cup show, airs leading up to it starting at 10 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this article came from FOX 4 coverage at Forms Academy.<\/p>\n

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