{"id":9839,"date":"2026-04-01T09:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9839\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:16:17","slug":"chicago-teens-meet-miguel-layun-score-laptops-and-mexico-vs-belgium-soccer-tickets-at-soldier-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9839\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago teens meet Miguel Layun, score laptops and Mexico vs. Belgium soccer tickets at Soldier Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/04a97066a5eff523b6f86b5857dbd278.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO (<a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WGN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WGN&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WGN<\/a>) \u2014 Mexico vs. Belgium\u2019s international friendly is set to take place in Chicago on Tuesday night, with fans eager to witness a different kind of futbol at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n<p>Local teens were gifted a meet-and-greet with retired Mexican soccer superstar Miguel Layun, who told <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WGN-TV;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WGN-TV&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WGN-TV<\/a> he was honored to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited to be there with the kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/sports\/bears-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bears Report: Get the latest news and updates;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bears Report&quot;}\"> Bears Report: Get the latest news and updates <\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the awesomeness was put into play 24 hours earlier. It was Douglass Park, with soccer practice underway, that young Chicagoans dreamt of the glory that comes with being a soccer star, but being a scholar is also a massive goal. So, in what could very well be the best surprise of their lives, right up there with birthdays and holidays, the teens chosen each received a new laptop courtesy of AT&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all part of a bigger plan by the telecommunications company to bridge the digital divide.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The teens, who play for Street Soccer USA, are all going to watch the Mexico versus Belgium friendly at Soldier Field, all thanks to AT&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are still available. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/mexico-v-belgium-chicago-illinois-03-31-2026\/event\/0400637A99B85492\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> for access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read more: Latest Chicago news and headlines;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Read more&quot;}\"> Read more: Latest Chicago news and headlines <\/a><\/p>\n<p>WGN\u2019s Patrick Elwood has more. His full report can be watched in the video player above. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WGN-TV.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WGN-TV.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WGN-TV. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WGN) \u2014 Mexico vs. Belgium\u2019s international friendly is set to take place in Chicago on Tuesday night,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,6096,2732,6600,6601,6574],"class_list":{"0":"post-9839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-international-friendly","10":"tag-mexico","11":"tag-miguel-layun","12":"tag-soccer-star","13":"tag-soldier-field"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116328699333709587","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}