{"id":910529,"date":"2026-07-03T20:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/910529\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:19:15","slug":"england-mexico-world-cup-match-changes-time-to-earlier-kickoff-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/910529\/","title":{"rendered":"England-Mexico World Cup Match Changes Time To Earlier Kickoff: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe anticipated World Cup<\/a> round-of-16 match between England and Mexico in Mexico City on Sunday looks set to move its kickoff time due to the threat of storms.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe game had been scheduled for 6 p.m. local time Sunday, but the BBC<\/a> is now reporting, following local reports out of Mexico, that the game will be played at midday local time. No official confirmation from FIFA just yet. Multiple national outlets are reporting that FIFA is in discussion with the England and Mexico camps about a potential time change.<\/p>\n

\n\tA time shift would have a significant effect for broadcasters, fans and even pubs across England, which had been granted license by the UK government to stay open throughout the night Sunday \u2014 a move that has created unease with the police authorities.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new kickoff time would be music to the ears of most England fans in the UK and to BBC TV execs. Many fans had been fretting about the late kickoff, but they can now tune in at 7 p.m. local time when it should clock up huge ratings for the BBC, which has rights to the game. The latest England match, a round-of-32 victory over DR Congo on Monday, scored a year-high 16.3 million peak audience.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the U.S., the England-Mexico game is due to be shown on Fox<\/a>, Fox One and the Fox Sports app, with Spanish-language commentary on Telemundo<\/a> and Peacock. The new U.S. kickoff time would be 2 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. PT, if reports out of Mexico and the BBC are correct.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrazil\u2019s last-16 match with Norway is due to kick off Sunday at 4 p.m. ET\/ 1 p.m. PT at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, so fans could have a double bill of big knockout games. FIFA might decide to delay the Brazil game if England-Mexico goes to extra time and\/or penalties, but that remains to be seen. U.S. broadcasters and the NFL often delay the start of big NFL games if another game is a late finish to avoid audiences (and advertisers) missing out.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier in this World Cup, France\u2019s group-stage game against Iraq was delayed for more than two hours because of safety concerns over bad weather in Philadelphia. FIFA rules state it has the right to \u201ccancel, reschedule or relocate\u201d matches \u201cat its sole discretion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMexico remains unbeaten in this year\u2019s tournament and has won four out of four games without conceding a goal. England, which has been patchy so far, poses the sternest test yet for the co-hosts.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe\u2019ll update with FIFA confirmation of changes once we get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The anticipated World Cup round-of-16 match between England and Mexico in Mexico City on Sunday looks set to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":910530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[6531,623,221,62,132719,67,132,68,21490,105860],"class_list":["post-910529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-bbc","tag-fox","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-telemundo","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910529","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=910529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}