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Water bottles and the items you can and can’t take to the World Cup<\/p>\n
World Cup stadium rules are strict. Here\u2019s what you should know about water bottles and what items are banned.<\/p>\n
The highly anticipated global summer event is here and kicks off this week.<\/p>\n
The 2026 FIFA World Cup starts on June 11 with games set to be played across Mexico, Canada and the U.S., with two major Texas cities set to host international fans this summer, starting June 14.<\/p>\n
Houston is set to host its first of seven games in mid-June and is host to a Round of 16 game in early July, while Dallas will host nine games, including a semi-final game in mid-July.<\/p>\n
With games starting, here is a look at who is playing where, when and how to watch them.<\/p>\n
All games in Houston, Texas are set to be played at NRG Stadium \u2014\u00a0home of the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n
Under FIFA rules, the stadium’s name was temporarily changed to Houston Stadium.<\/p>\n
When:<\/strong> June 14<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Germany and Cura\u00e7ao – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 17<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Portugal and the Democratic Republic of Congo – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 20<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Netherlands and Sweden – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 23<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Portugal and Uzbekistan – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 26<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Cabo Verde and Saudi Arabia – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 29<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> TBD – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> July 4<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> TBD – Shop tickets<\/p>\n Shop Houston World Cup tickets<\/span><\/p>\n All games will be played in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas \u2014\u00a0home of the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n Under FIFA rules, the stadium’s name was temporarily changed to Dallas Stadium.<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 14<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Netherlands and Japan – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 17<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> England and Croatia – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 22<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Argentina and Austria – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 25<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Japan and Sweden – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 27<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> Jordan and Argentina – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> June 30<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> TBD – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> July 3<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> TBD – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> July 6<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> TBD – Shop tickets<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> July 14<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> TBD – Shop tickets<\/p>\n Shop Dallas World Cup tickets<\/span><\/p>\n According to USA TODAY, here is a look at where you can watch the Texas-based games throughout the World Cup<\/p>\n Fans have two streaming options.<\/p>\n Fubo is streaming the games in both English and Spanish, while Peacock is streaming the games in Spanish.<\/p>\n Print your 2026 World Cup bracket<\/span><\/p>\n Mateo Rosiles is the Texas Connect reporter for USA TODAY and its regional papers in Texas. Got a news tip for him? Email him:\u00a0<\/em>mrosiles@usatodayco.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Water bottles and the items you can and can’t take to the World Cup World Cup stadium rules are strict. Here\u2019s what you should know about water bottles and what items are banned. The highly anticipated global summer event is here and kicks off this week. The 2026 FIFA World Cup starts on June 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1281,8257,8475,2812,6345,2283,2350,1217],"class_list":{"0":"post-8964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upcoming-games","8":"tag-cup","9":"tag-fifa","10":"tag-kickoff","11":"tag-schedule","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-times","14":"tag-watch","15":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Houston Game 2<\/h3>\n
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