W83 vs W84

The Round of 16 arrives at AT&T Stadium (80,000 capacity) in Arlington on July 6, 2026, with kickoff at 2:00 PM CDT (UTC-5) as the winners of matches 83 and 84 meet for a quarterfinal place.

Match 83 was played at BMO Field in Toronto: the smallest venue in the tournament, 45,736 seats, two runners-up from Groups K and L. Match 84 was played at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles: the city where the 1994 final was held, Group H’s winner against Group J’s runner-up. The two teams arriving in Dallas today come from those contrasting contexts. One team’s previous knockout match was played in front of 70,000 in the stadium adjacent to where Roberto Baggio’s penalty missed. The other played in a 45,000-seat bowl in downtown Toronto where the crowd was close enough to hear the goalkeeper communicate.

AT&T Stadium is on its third knockout match of the tournament, more than any other venue in the competition at this stage. The 80,000 capacity and the retractable roof have been doing their work throughout. July 6 in North Texas: the heat outside, the cool inside, the crowd building from a 2:00 PM start toward the volume of a full afternoon.

When is this match? A 2:00 PM CDT kickoff means 8:00 PM BST in London, 9:00 PM CEST in Paris, 2:00 AM JST the following morning in Tokyo, 3:00 AM AEST in Sydney, 4:00 PM BRT in Sao Paulo, and 12:30 AM IST in Mumbai. European viewers get a prime-time match on a Monday evening. Check Dallas time for the local schedule.

By the Round of 16, both teams have won twice in the knockout stage. They know how they win. The question the quarterfinal poses is whether they can win a different way, against an opponent who has also won twice and will adjust accordingly.

Winner match 83 against winner match 84: Dallas’s Round of 16, where the road to the semi-final runs through 80,000 people and a closed roof.

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