Spain forward Lamine Yamal reacts after battling a teammate for the ball during a training session at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, July 13, 2026. Spain is set to face France in a FIFA World Cup semifinal match Tuesday.
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One more World Cup match is coming to North Texas.
Dallas Stadium will host Spain vs. France in a World Cup semifinal match at 2 p.m. next Tuesday.
Kylian Mbappé and France haven’t trailed at all at this year’s World Cup. Neither has Spain with teenage sensation Lamine Yamal and clutch goal-scoring substitute Mikel Merino. Only one of those teams can make it to the final July 19 in New Jersey.
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Here’s a look at the ninth and final match in North Texas.
Spain forward Lamine Yamal (left) reacts after battling a teammate for the ball during a training session at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, July 13, 2026. Spain is set to face France in a FIFA World Cup semifinal match Tuesday. France’s Kylian Mbappe (right) celebrates his team victory at the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026.
Tom Fox/Staff Photographer; Martin Meissner/Associated Press
How to watch
When: 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 14
Where: Dallas (AT&T) Stadium in Arlington
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TV/streaming: Fox/Fox One in English; Telemundo/Peacock in Spanish
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Tickets
Prices for the cheapest tickets to the semifinal at Dallas Stadium have dropped by 60% since the United States lost in the round of 16, but that doesn’t mean they’re cheap.
France’s Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring the opening goal during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between France and Morocco in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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What to know about France
France defeated Morocco 2-0 in a quarterfinal matchup Thursday, securing a spot in the Arlington semifinal. Mbappé, the 2022 Golden Boot winner, netted his eighth goal of the tournament to open the scoring, tying him with Lionel Messi in the race for this year’s Golden Boot. He is now one away from tying the Argentine atop the all-time World Cup goals list (Messi has 21 goals in 31 World Cup games).
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The 27-year-old Mbappé has 20 goals in his 20 World Cup matches, including one in the 2018 win over Croatia when he joined Pele as the only teenagers to score in a World Cup final. And the star striker for Les Bleus had said he is fine despite exiting in the 77th minute of their 2-0 quarterfinal win over Morocco after scoring a goal.
After entering this tournament as FIFA’s top-ranked team, France has outscored its opponents 14-2.
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Spain defenders Pedro Porro (12) celebrates their win over Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo (center) as time expired on their 1-0 win in a World Cup round of 16 match at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, July 6, 2026.
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What to know about Spain
Merino scored in the 88th minute on a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens, and Spain advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-1 victory on Friday.
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While Spain has outscored opponents 10-1 since a stunning scoreless draw against surprising Cape Verde to open group play, La Roja is still alive after Merino had late decisive goals after subbing into each of the last two games.
Yamal has only one goal while putting 10 shots on target after coming into this World Cup still nursing a left hamstring issue that forced him to miss the final weeks of the season for Spanish club Barcelona.
Related: More to know about Spain before World Cup semifinal
Spain and France’s World Cup history
France and Spain are both playing at their 17th World Cup, but have met only once previously on soccer’s biggest stage.
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Yamal, who turned 19 on Monday, has already been part of two semifinal wins with Spain over France. He was just days shy of his 17th birthday when he scored in a 2-1 win during the 2024 European Championship semifinals, and Spain won again in Nations League play last year.
“I believe if France has to fear anyone, it should be us, in my opinion,” Yamal said after Spain’s quarterfinal victory over Belgium. “We were the ones that knocked them out before.”
In their only previous World Cup meeting, France beat Spain 3-1 in a round of 16 game at the 2006 tournament in Germany. Both teams have since won the World Cup, with Spain claiming its only title in 2010. France won its second World Cup in 2018.
France, which will be playing on its country’s Bastille Day national holiday, is trying to join five-time champion Brazil and four-time winner Germany as the only teams to make three consecutive World Cup finals. Argentina beat France in a penalty shootout in 2022 after playing to a 3-3 draw.
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This is France’s seventh semifinal appearance, its fifth in the last eight World Cups. Spain’s only other semifinals were in 1950 and then 2010 on the way to the title.
The Associated Press contributed to this post.