\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA mad dash from the turnstiles was part of the fun as FanFest re-opened Thursday afternoon.Many of those fans wanted to get as close to the front of the line as possible to get a free bracelet.”I want a bracelet that represents Kansas City in the World Cup. And they got some special Kansas City charms. So that’s what I’m here for,” said Catelyn Smith who waited in a long line.Other fans took their time.A cooling mist was a popular stopping point.Some fans also used wet towels for comfort in the Kansas City heat.The unmistakable Colombia super fan “Pulpito” was also part of the crowd.Despite a heartbreaking Colombia loss to Switzerland in penalty kicks, Pulpito came to Kansas City to attend Fan Fest and the Argentina quarterfinal match versus Switzerland.”He likes the dance, the Fan Fest. He likes the people. He likes the beer,” said Pulpito’s interpreter.Fan Fest was also an opportunity for future stars to show their skills with an on-field soccer clinic.Volunteers like Candice Merrit have made it all possible.”This is a great experience and I love Kansas City,” she said.”We talked to a lot of people and they’re just from out of town, and they’re just, you know, they love Kansas City. They’re coming back,” said Maria Smith.There are two more days of Fan Fest before it ends in Kansas City.They are on Friday and Saturday.Saturday will include showing the last World Cup match in Kansas City, the quarterfinal clash between Argentina and Switzerland Saturday night.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tKANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A mad dash from the turnstiles was part of the fun as FanFest re-opened Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Many of those fans wanted to get as close to the front of the line as possible to get a free bracelet.<\/p>\n
“I want a bracelet that represents Kansas City in the World Cup. And they got some special Kansas City charms. So that’s what I’m here for,” said Catelyn Smith who waited in a long line.<\/p>\n
Other fans took their time.<\/p>\n
A cooling mist was a popular stopping point.<\/p>\n
Some fans also used wet towels for comfort in the Kansas City heat.<\/p>\n
The unmistakable Colombia super fan “Pulpito” was also part of the crowd.<\/p>\n
Despite a heartbreaking Colombia loss to Switzerland in penalty kicks, Pulpito came to Kansas City to attend Fan Fest and the Argentina quarterfinal match versus Switzerland.<\/p>\n
“He likes the dance, the Fan Fest. He likes the people. He likes the beer,” said Pulpito’s interpreter.<\/p>\n
Fan Fest was also an opportunity for future stars to show their skills with an on-field soccer clinic.<\/p>\n
Volunteers like Candice Merrit have made it all possible.<\/p>\n
“This is a great experience and I love Kansas City,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We talked to a lot of people and they’re just from out of town, and they’re just, you know, they love Kansas City. They’re coming back,” said Maria Smith.<\/p>\n
There are two more days of Fan Fest before it ends in Kansas City.<\/p>\n
They are on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n
Saturday will include showing the last World Cup match in Kansas City, the quarterfinal clash between Argentina and Switzerland Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mad dash from the turnstiles was part of the fun as FanFest re-opened Thursday afternoon.Many of those…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[1680,49239,49849,19078,49825,2710,38228,10780,49840,49855,49861,49857,44684,49824,44638,5197,10732,49829,49844,38050,49836,81,49858,49852,49838,49859,49860,10356,49835,49828,49847,49248,49850,49853,49236,49831,49839,49827,13198,868,42770,3008,49826,49841,8950,5376,2019,49846,49837,49833,49843,49854,17,3196,15310,49845,13703,49851,49832,49856,49848,49830,49234,49842,49834],"class_list":["post-100864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-argentina","tag-argentina-switzerland","tag-argentina-switzerland-match","tag-arrowhead","tag-bracelet","tag-celebration","tag-charms","tag-colombia","tag-colombia-fans","tag-colombia-super-fan","tag-comfort","tag-fan","tag-fan-experience","tag-fan-fest","tag-fans","tag-festival","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-fan-fest","tag-fifa-festival","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-fifa-worldcup","tag-football","tag-free-bracelet","tag-free-bracelet-giveaway","tag-free-bracelets","tag-heartbreaking-colombia-loss","tag-interpreter","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-events","tag-kansas-city-fan-fest","tag-kansas-city-fanfest","tag-kansas-city-soccer","tag-kansas-city-tourism","tag-kansas-city-volunteers","tag-kansas-city-world-cup","tag-kc-fan-fest","tag-kc-tourism","tag-kc2026","tag-line","tag-part","tag-penalty-kick","tag-people","tag-pulpito","tag-pulpito-colombia","tag-quarterfinal","tag-saturday","tag-soccer","tag-soccer-celebration","tag-soccer-clinic","tag-soccer-fans-kansas-city","tag-soccer-festival","tag-soccer-skills-clinic","tag-switzerland","tag-tourism","tag-volunteer","tag-volunteer-experience","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-celebration","tag-world-cup-fans","tag-world-cup-festival","tag-world-cup-kansas","tag-world-cup-kansas-city","tag-world-cup-quarterfinal","tag-wwi-museum","tag-wwi-museum-fan-fest"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}