{"id":88865,"date":"2026-05-14T15:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?p=88865"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:27:37","slug":"free-world-cup-watch-parties-in-downtown-long-beach-heres-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/eat-see-do-2\/do\/free-world-cup-watch-parties-in-downtown-long-beach-heres-the-schedule","title":{"rendered":"Free World Cup watch parties in downtown Long Beach: Here\u2019s the schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long Beach, in collaboration with LA Galaxy, will host a series of free watch parties in downtown Long Beach for the early stages of the FIFA World Cup this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting June 12, the city will begin holding live match viewings along with various events that will include two free soccer clinics at Lincoln Park, giveaways, limited-edition merchandise offerings and appearances by current and former Galaxy players along with soccer clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The games will be shown on a big screen set up in Lincoln Park, said Downtown Long Beach Alliance President Austin Metoyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LA Galaxy will host free soccer clinics at Lincoln Park on June 12 and June 19 for children aged 6 to 14. You can find more information and register for the clinics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic on Pine Avenue will be closed between Broadway and Third Street from June 12-27, while Broadway between Pine and Pacific avenues will be shut down only on the seven event days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long Beach will not have an official FIFA Fan Zone because the city withdrew its bid following a series of talks with organizers.<\/a> That means the city\u2019s events this June will not feature FIFA\u2019s logo or the term \u201cWorld Cup Fan Zone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will be able to show live games through the partnership with Major League Soccer\u2019s LA Galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a schedule of the games that will be shown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DATE<\/strong><\/td>EVENT TIME (PT)<\/strong><\/td>GAME(S) SHOWN<\/strong><\/td>KICKOFF TIMES (PT)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Friday,<\/strong> June 12<\/strong><\/td>5:00 PM \u2013 8:00 PM<\/td>United States vs. Paraguay<\/td>6:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Thursday, June 18<\/strong><\/td>2:00 PM \u2013 8:00 PM <\/td>Canada vs. Qatar<\/td>3:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Mexico vs. South Korea<\/td>6:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Friday,<\/strong> June 19<\/strong><\/td>11:00 AM \u2013 7:30 PM<\/td>United States vs. Australia<\/td>12:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Scotland vs. Morocco<\/td>3:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Brazil vs. Haiti<\/td>5:30 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Saturday, June 20<\/strong><\/td>9:00 AM \u2013 7:00 PM<\/td>Netherlands vs. Sweden<\/td>10:00 AM<\/td><\/tr>
Germany vs. Ivory Coast<\/td>1:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Ecuador vs. Cura\u00e7ao<\/td>5:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Thursday June 25<\/strong><\/td>12:00 PM \u2013 9:00 PM<\/td>Ecuador vs. Germany OR Curacao vs. Ivory Coast**<\/td>1:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Japan vs. Sweden OR *Tunisia vs. Netherlands **<\/td>4:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Turkey vs. United States OR *Paraguay vs. Australia**<\/td>7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Friday<\/strong> June 26<\/strong><\/td>11:00 AM \u2013 10:00 PM<\/td>Norway vs. France OR Senegal vs. Iraq<\/td>12:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Uruguay vs. Spain OR Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia<\/td>5:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Egypt vs. Iran OR New Zealand vs. Belgium<\/td>8:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Saturday<\/strong> June 27<\/strong><\/td>1:00 PM \u2013 9:00 PM<\/td>Panama vs. England OR Croatia vs. Ghana<\/td>2:00 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Colombia vs. Portugal OR DR Congo vs. Uzbekistan<\/td>4:30 PM<\/td><\/tr>
Algeria vs. Austria OR Jordan vs. Argentina<\/td>7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The games will be shown on a big screen set up in Lincoln Park, said Downtown Long Beach Alliance President Austin Metoyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":88866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32367],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-88865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-do","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88869,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88865\/revisions\/88869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88865"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=88865"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=88865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}