World Cup Watch Parties Are Back in the Soccer Capital of America!

Kansas City Current, Sporting Kansas City and Kansas City Power & Light District are partnering to host official 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup watch parties! Watch parties will be hosted at KC Live! Block. Fans of all ages are welcome to cheer on their country in the Soccer Capital of America!

Admission tickets are FREE and available to reserve now! Entry to events will be on a first-come, first-serve basis until venue capacity has been reached. Due to expected high demand, ticket holders are advised to arrive early! Ticket holders may not be guaranteed admission.

Reserve Tickets

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Watch Party timeline

3:00am: Doors open
4:00am: Match Kickoff

TICKETS

Tickets will be scanned upon entry to the KC Live! area. Entry to the events will be on a first-come, first-served basis, until venue capacity has been reached. Due to expected high demand, ticket holders are advised to arrive early! Ticket holders may not be guaranteed admission.

age policy

All ages allowed - families welcome. Please note that after 9PM, ages 21+ are only allowed to enter the KC Live! area – those who have already entered the KC Live! area (any age) before 9PM can remain in the area for the duration of the match.

PARKING INFORMATION 

Parking is available at the KC Live! garage with event rates posted at entry. Parking rates subject to change. Attendees are also encouraged to ride the KC Streetcar to the KC Power & Light stop at 14th & Main.  Additionally, RideKC busses are zero fare with routes servicing downtown from park & ride locations across the metro.

entry

There will be one entrance into the KC Live! area located on Walnut Street. Doors to KC Live! will open 90 minutes before kickoff. Re-entry will be allowed only if capacity has not been reached in the KC Live! area. Plan to arrive early!

bag policy

Purses and small bags are allowed. Backpacks and any bags larger than 16”x16”x8” are prohibited.

prohibited items

Prohibited items include but are not limited to the following: alcohol, metal cans, laser pointers, knives, glass containers, selfie sticks, hard coolers, drones, backpacks, clothing with offensive or profane language, firearms, pepper spray/mace, and banners that interfere with the screen.

FOOD / DRINKS

McFadden's will be open with a limited menu and Messenger Coffee will be tabeling to provide coffee or the early morning match.

Watch Party Details

Location

• KC Live! in the Kansas City Power & Light District

Dates

• July 21 - August 20

Matches

• Watch parties in the KC Live! area will be held for the first two USWNT group stage matches and the first match of the knockout round. 

Broadcasts

• Broadcasts for the USWNT matches will be shown live on the theater-sized LED screen in the KC Live! area. Match commentary will play throughout the covered outdoor venue

Admission

• FREE! But tickets are required for entry to the first two USWNT matches in the KC Live! area
• Entry to the events will be on a first-come, first-served basis, until venue capacity has been reached. Due to expected high demand, ticket holders are advised to arrive early! Ticket holders may not be guaranteed admission

Doors

• For all USWNT matches shown in the KC Live! area, doors will open 90 minutes before kickoff

SHOP MERCH

The Teal Mobile will be parked on Walnut Street between KC Live! and PNC Plaza pregame, halftime and postgame selling World Cup and KC Current merchandise. If you can't make it to the Watch Parties, shop online below!

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will air live in the United States on FOX, FS1 and the FOX Sports App in English, as well as Telemundo, Universo and Peacock in Spanish. Click here for the full schedule of all 64 matches with broadcast information.

Taking place quadrennially, this year’s Women’s World Cup features an expanded field of 32 teams. The competition’s back-to-back champions, the United States has won four of the eight all-time Women’s World Cup tournaments and was drawn into Group E along with 2019 Women’s World Cup runners-up Netherlands as well as World Cup debutantes Vietnam and Portugal.

Vlatko Andonovski, a Kansas City resident and graduate of Park University, became head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team at the end of 2019 and will lead the United States at a World Cup for the first time this summer. Andonovski won two NWSL championships in KC during his five seasons as head coach of FC Kansas City from 2013-2017 in addition to being a past player and coach for the Kansas City Comets.

Andonovski has named a 23-player roster for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup highlighted by nine players from the team that won the tournament four years ago and 14 players for whom this will be their first World Cup. Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Kelley O’Hara were chosen to their fourth World Cup roster, while Alyssa Naeher and Julie Ertz were selected for a third consecutive World Cup.

Kansas City is one of 16 cities across the United States, Mexico and Canada selected to host matches during the FIFA World Cup 2026. Visit kansascityfwc26.com and follow @fwc26kansascity on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for all the latest news.