{"id":87873,"date":"2025-07-24T05:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87873\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:51:10","slug":"dallas-officer-set-to-work-second-world-cup-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87873\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas officer set to work second World Cup \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 FIFA World Cup countdown is on, and North Texas is just 11 months away from hosting the first of nine matches.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second time the big event has come to town, and one Dallas officer&#8217;s memories of the 1994 World Cup are still fresh.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Dallas police force, there are no dull days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is different every single day that I\u2019ve been here,\u201d said Dallas Police Executive Assistant Chief Jesse Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 41 years, Reyes has worked many major events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs big as the Super Bowl and the World Series are, as big as the National Basketball Association Finals are, they pale in comparison to the World Cup,\u201d said Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dallas-pd-world-cup-1994.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"A Dallas police officer recalls working the World Cup the last time games were played in North Texas, in 1994.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Dallas police officer recalls working the World Cup the last time games were played in North Texas, in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes was a field commander during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was in charge of protecting players and coaches on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>He said the electric atmosphere at games stands out most from the experience. He worked all six matches at the Cotton Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Soccer fans are on a different level,&#8221; said Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>Although all nine games next year will be played at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, the City of Dallas will host teams, a fan fest and the international broadcast center.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dallas-pd-world-cup-badge.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"A special issue Dallas police badge from the 1994 World Cup.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tNBC 5 News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tNBC 5 News<\/p>\n<p>A special issue Dallas police badge from the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to contain my excitement,\u201d said Reyes, who is also a soccer fan.<\/p>\n<p>He said about 150 of the department\u2019s 3,100 officers were on the force during the \u201994 World Cup, a badge worn with pride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, to participate one time is something you tell stories to your grandkids about, but having the opportunity to participate twice,\u201d he explained, \u201cI\u2019m trying to contain my excitement about that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 FIFA World Cup countdown is on, and North Texas is just 11 months away from hosting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":87874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,6061,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,21490],"class_list":{"0":"post-87873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-fifa-world-cup","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa","19":"tag-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114906653587802675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}