{"id":2464181,"date":"2026-06-17T18:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2464181"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:11:30","slug":"england-squad-to-attend-royals-game-at-kauffman-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/england-squad-to-attend-royals-game-at-kauffman-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"England squad to attend Royals game at Kauffman Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fans who weren\u2019t able to attend England\u2019s community practice session<\/a> Saturday will get a second chance to see the squad Thursday. But it\u2019ll be in an unusual setting for the \u201cThree Lions\u201d World Cup team.<\/p>\n

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England, which is making its World Cup base camp in Kansas City, will be at Kauffman Stadium for Thursday evening\u2019s Royals-Cardinals game.<\/p>\n

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The Royals said England\u2019s squad will be meeting with the Kansas City players and taking part in pre-game festivities. That could include an on-field moment … but throwing out a ceremonial first pitch would be a foreign feeling for the Brits, because only goalkeepers like Jordan Pickford can use their hands, right?<\/p>\n

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And wouldn\u2019t it be neat for Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and England\u2019s Harry Kane to exchange thoughts about their respective sports?<\/p>\n

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England’s Harry Kane heads a ball during practice on Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village, Saturday, June 13, 2026, in Kansas City. Dominick Williams dowilliams@kcstar.com<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Gates to Kauffman Stadium will open at 5 p.m. for the game featuring the I-70 rivals.<\/p>\n

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Although England doesn\u2019t play a match here in KC, the team has made itself at home by staying in Prairie Village, practicing at Swope Park and turning part of the Parks and Recreation building into its media center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fans who weren\u2019t able to attend England\u2019s community practice session Saturday will get a second chance to see the squad Thursday. But it\u2019ll be in an unusual setting for the \u201cThree Lions\u201d World Cup team. England, which is making its World Cup base camp in Kansas City, will be at Kauffman Stadium for Thursday evening\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2464182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2464181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/England-squad-to-attend-Royals-game-at-Kauffman-Stadium.JPG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464183,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464181\/revisions\/2464183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2464181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}