Meet Team Egypt

Lumen field in Seattle becomes a theater of dreams at noon today when it raises its curtain on the first Group G act between Belgium and Egypt.

Soccer lovers in the Pacific Northwest will finally join the party this afternoon when European giants Belgium set the ball rolling in a heavyweight Group G clash with African royals Egypt at the imposing 68,000-seat Lumen Field.

Some lucky soccer fans in the Inland Northwest will have the chance to see Egyptian national team and superstar Mohamed Salah in person ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

The United States will greet him with stadiums that shimmer like neon canyons, giant screens blinking across thousands of faces waiting to see what the Egyptian King might summon next.

Mohamed Salah is expected to play for Liverpool again this season after scans revealed only minor damage to his left hamstring.

Spokane has hosted big names before. Presidents, rock stars, the occasional Hollywood wanderer who mistakes the Clocktower for a film set. But nothing quite prepares a city for the arrival of a global soccer deity.