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The Spanish Men's National Team will face Argentina in Sunday's World Cup final. The country's women's team lifted its first World Cup trophy in 2023.

England will face France on Saturday for the third-place trophy, while Argentina takes on Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday. Although Kansas City's FIFA Fan Festival has closed, the metro has plenty of other watch parties for fans to join.

Argentina, who have been based in Kansas City for the entire World Cup, survived another heart-stopping match when it scored two late goals to topple England. The returning champions will face Spain in the final on Sunday.

The World Cup's arrival in the Midwest has driven an interest in soccer that cuts across generations. In Lawrence, Kansas, the local parks and recreation department is channeling that enthusiasm into weekly games of walking soccer, a slowed-down version of the sport that's more accessible to older adults.

We're at the final stretch of the World Cup. It feels like just yesterday, international fans were arriving in the U.S. and marveling at Buc-ee's and unlimited free soda.

Work crews were up early Sunday morning clearing away Fan Fest from the grounds of the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. The city hosted its final World Cup match on Saturday, when Argentina defeated Switzerland.

The final day of the FIFA Fan Festival drew soccer fans from all over as reigning champion Argentina took on Switzerland at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday. Argentina emerged victorious with a 3-1 score over the Swiss.

The top executives of the Kansas City Chiefs and Sporting KC said local residents and the thousands of domestic and international visitors will remember Kansas City's role in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Algeria's stay in Lawrence put the University of Kansas on the map for an international audience. KU is working to leverage that awareness to increase enrollment.

Switzerland faces Argentina, the Messi-led juggernaut and returning World Cup champions, this Saturday night at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City's FIFA Fan Festival hopes to close with a bang, offering big-name headliners like Sheryl Crow, Tech N9ne and The All-American Rejects.

Egypt was leading late, up 2-0. The Argentinians looked beaten. But they fought and fought and fought. Scoring one goal, then another to equalize. And, finally, a third to advance to the quarterfinal — to be played this Saturday in Kansas City.

All the attention around the Bosnia and Herzegovina soccer team in recent months has increased visibility of the community and brought St. Louis Bosnians closer together.