Jerry Jones got a front-row seat for the World Cup’s final act at AT&T Stadium, and the crowd let him know exactly how they felt.
The Dallas Cowboys owner was in attendance Tuesday night as Spain beat France 2-0 in a semifinal to punch its ticket to Sunday’s championship game in New Jersey. The match was the last World Cup game held at the stadium, which is known as AT&T Stadium in regular use and Dallas Stadium during the tournament.
Spain controlled most of the night and kept French star Kylian Mbappe quiet. But one of the loudest reactions came when Jones appeared on the video board midway through the match.
He was greeted with boos.
Jerry Jones drawing some boos from the World Cup crowd in Arlington pic.twitter.com/MKJOe96w2i
- Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 14, 2026
The moment landed with a strange bit of timing on the Fox broadcast in the United States, which was showing FIFA President Gianni Infantino when the crowd noise broke through. The announcers quickly clarified that the person fans in the stadium were reacting to was Jones.
It was a reminder that Jones remains one of the NFL’s most powerful figures, and also one of its most polarizing. He helped bring World Cup games to Dallas, but he also walked away from the event with a chorus of boos ringing in his ears.
Whether that came from Spain and France supporters or from Cowboys fans frustrated by the team’s lack of playoff success over the last three decades, the message was the same: the crowd was not exactly rolling out the red carpet.
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