{"id":8978,"date":"2026-05-22T01:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2026-05-22T01:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:47:09","slug":"english_national_team_announces_2026_fifa_world_cup_roster_ahead_of_dallas_game-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8978","title":{"rendered":"England names 2026 World Cup squad for Croatia match in Dallas \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The English National Team announced its 2026 World Cup roster, featuring stars from the biggest clubs in Europe, including the English Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/sports\/soccer\/celebrations-erupt-north-london-arsenal-seal-premier-league-title-22-y-rcna346045\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">English Premier League champion Arsenal<\/a> is sending 4 players to the World Cup: Bukayo Saka, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/video\/local\/bukayo-saka-arsenal-england\/3928274\/?noamp=mobile\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze, and Noni Madueke.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2026 FIFA World Cup \ud83d\udd1c<\/p>\n<p>Four of our Gunners have been selected to represent England this summer \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/2057751067392430232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And the star-power doesn&#8217;t stop there. Barcelona&#8217;s Marcus Rashford, Bayern Munich&#8217;s Harry Kane, Real Madrid&#8217;s Jude Bellingham, Manchester City&#8217;s Nico O&#8217;Reilly, John Stones, Marc Guehi, and Everton&#8217;s Jordan Pickford were also included.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo has also been included after making a late run in the second half of the season. Mainoo had been an emerging figure at the Euros, but lost his England place after being pushed to the fringes at United under former coach Ruben Amorim. He was reinstated to the first team when Michael Carrick took over in January and has been a driving force in United\u2019s rise to third in the Premier League, which has secured a return to the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Few teams have had as tortured a history at the World Cup as England, despite its reputation as the birthplace of modern soccer. England&#8217;s first Group Stage game is the second game hosted in North Texas and will take place at <strong>3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17<\/strong>, against Croatia. England is seeking its second World Cup trophy ever and the first since winning on their home soil over Germany in 1966.<\/p>\n<p><strong>England World Cup squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson, Jordan Pickford, James Trafford<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Dan Burn, Marc Guehi, Reece James, Ezri Konsa, Tino Livramento, Nico O\u2019Reilly, Jarell Quansah, Djed Spence, John Stones<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham, Eberechi Eze, Jordan Henderson, Kobbie Mainoo, Declan Rice, Morgan Rogers<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane, Noni Madueke, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Ivan Toney, Ollie Watkins<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come Together \ud83c\udfb6 England Squad Announcement for World Cup 2026 \ud83c\udfa5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2umUvkWzzxw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The United States Men&#8217;s National Team will reveal its roster on <strong>Tuesday, May 26. <\/strong>The World Cup begins Thursday, <strong>June 11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>James Robson is at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamesalanrobson\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/jamesalanrobson<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/fc-dallas-don-deedson-louicius-named-to-haitis-national-team-world-cup-roster\/4024574\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English National Team announced its 2026 World Cup roster, featuring stars from the biggest clubs in Europe, including the English Premier League. 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