On the evening of June 20, the 2026 Northeast City Football League (NCFL) “Liaoning Derby”—Shenyang vs. Dalian—kicked off at the Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium. Off the pitch, the atmosphere at the second venue along the Hunhe River in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, was equally electric with citizens braving the rain to cheer for the match remotely.