Croatia national team arrives in Dallas for Wednesday World Cup match

Croatia's soccer team will arrive in Dallas later today in advance of their World Cup match at Dallas Stadium.The Croatian national soccer team arrived in Dallas at Love Field around 5:40 p.m. on Monday. They flew in from northern Virginia where their base camp is, and will stay in a Dallas hotel on Monday night.Wednesday's game against England will be Croatia's first World Cup match of the 2026 tournament.The match is expected to be one of the best in the group stage of this World Cup. Croatia defeated England in the 2018 World Cup semifinals, but England has beaten Croatia in their last two competitive matches.Croatia has advanced to the semifinals in each of the last two World Cups."This one's special. I haven't attended a World Cup yet, so this is my first one."Ante Kvartuc, a Croatia fan, expects many of the 1.2 million Croatians living in the United States to be in North Texas for their match against England."It means everything. This means everything that we get to be all togeth
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