Sunday's downtown San Jose World Cup watch party moved to larger venues
Safety concerns prompted the city of San Jose to move Sunday's World Cup watch party in San Pedro Square to the SAP Center and Discovery Meadow. Maddie White reports.
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Safety concerns prompted the city of San Jose to move Sunday's World Cup watch party in San Pedro Square to the SAP Center and Discovery Meadow. Maddie White reports.
Despite earlier backlash over high ticket prices at the 2026 World Cup, FIFA officials said more than 400,000 attended the six matches held in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the stadium in Santa Clara being nearly 100% sold out.
World Cup fans across the Bay Area have a choice of venues for large watch parties and events to watch their favorite teams.
San Jose is moving Sunday's World Cup watch party out of San Pedro Square and into SAP Center and Discovery Meadow.
Ticket reseller StubHub abruptly canceled customers' tickets to World Cup matches, costing them thousands of dollars, a lawsuit alleges.
Folarin Balogun got the scoring going with a goal in the 45th minute, but was sent off with a controversial red card in the 64th minute.
The San Francisco Bay Area repeated history with Wednesday's FIFA Men's World Cup round-of-32 match between the U.S. and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosian Americans gathered at Euro Grill and Clara's Junction in Santa Clara to watch the knockout match against the U.S. Loureen Ayyoub reports.
Wednesday's FIFA Men's World Cup round-of-32 match between the U.S. and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the first time in 32 years the men's team has played a knockout match on home soil.
U.S. players and fans have arrived in the Bay Area ahead of Wednesday's game.
Anne Makovec talks with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie about how the city plans to keep World Cup and Fourth of July festivities safe over the weekend.
A venue in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood that has become a gathering place for World Cup matches has canceled all upcoming viewing parties after a shooting that injured two people Tuesday night.
Two people were stabbed and multiple arrests were made after a World Cup celebration in downtown San Jose Tuesday night became unruly, police said.
Organizers of World Cup watch parties in downtown San Jose have implemented new safety measures after an unlawful assembly was declared following Tuesday's party. Drew Andre reports.
Crowds at San Pedro Square Market in San Jose have been massive since the start of the World Cup, but with the U.S. men's national team playing on July 1, dedicated fans have travelled from across the United States to add to the excitement. Brad Hamilton reports.
Soccer fans gathered outside the San Jose Mariott in Downtown San Jose on Monday to welcome of the U.S. men's national team for their Round of 32 match Wednesday against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.
The U.S. men's national team arrived San Jose on Monday afternoon ahead of its Wednesday World Cup knockout match against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, renamed San Francisco Bay Area Stadium for the duration of the World Cup.
The city of San Francisco is taking heightened police and security measures in advance of two major events in the Bay Area this week - the 4th of July and the knockout round of the FIFA World Cup.
The San Francisco announced heightened police and security measures this week for two major events, the 4th of July and the first knockout round of the FIFA World Cup.
The unique overlap of Pride month celebrations over the weekend and World Cup revelers has brought a special energy to San Francisco. Maddie White reports live from Dolores Park, ahead of the annual Trans March.
The U.S. men's team had already clinched its spot in the Round of 32, the knockout round, with its 2-0 win over Australia on Friday.
In a game where the results didn't really matter, USA fans had a lot of spirit for the final match in the World Cup's group stage. But at a watch party at Pier 39, fans quickly realized they needed more than spirit to carry them through the game.
Maddie White looks at the regional benefit to having the U.S. mens' national team in a knockout round match at Levi's Stadium.
America SCORES Bay Area was tasked with selecting 11 of its Bay Area players for a chance to participate in the Quaker Player Escort Program.
As World Cup fever builds toward a July 1 match in Santa Clara, one Milpitas family is already three generations deep in soccer love.
