Dallas World Cup: 5 Things To Know Before Next Week’s Semi-Final

Bethany Erickson 2h agoDM

By dinnertime tonight, we’ll know who is facing off in the World Cup semifinal match to be held Tuesday at AT&T Dallas Stadium. This means that North Texas’s World Cup journey is coming to a close. Expect a more substantive postmortem next week, but let’s take a look at some of the things that have … Continued The post Dallas World Cup: 5 Things To Know Before Next Week’s Semi-Final appeared first on D Magazine.

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