Jackson County prosecutors have charged two Texas men in the theft of England’s national team gear, bringing one felony count each of receiving stolen property after about $18,000 worth of equipment disappeared during the team’s move to its World Cup base camp in Kansas City.

The men were held at the Jackson County Detention Center by Sunday morning, with bond set at $75,000 apiece. The case puts Musiala and the wider World Cup conversation back in view because it shows how quickly a travel-day theft can turn into a felony investigation when international teams are involved.

Jackson County prosecutor Melesa Johnson said the county would not tolerate criminal activity that targets World Cup visitors, and she credited the Kansas City Police Department and on-call attorneys for filing charges immediately. Her message was blunt: the county was treating the theft as more than a property case because it involved an international team that had come to compete.

The stolen items were not the essentials needed for game day, which is what makes the loss easier to explain and harder to dismiss at the same time. KCUR reported that the gear included signed jerseys, clothing, football boots and two stuffed animals — lions meant to reflect the Three Lions name — a mix of practical kit and symbolic pieces that were taken while the team was relocating from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida to Kansas City.

That detail matters because it narrows the impact of the theft even as the alleged loss remains substantial. The missing items were important enough to trigger felony charges, but not so critical that England could not still prepare for match day. For Johnson, the point was less about the contents of the bag and more about the message sent to visitors: the county is moving fast on crimes that touch the World Cup, and the two men now face the legal process with the evidence already in place.