The 2026 International Cup ultimate can be performed at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 19, FIFA introduced on Sunday.
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The 2026 International Cup ultimate can be performed at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 19, FIFA introduced on Sunday.
Seth Wenig/AP
The 2026 International Cup ultimate will happen at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium to cap a event set in towns around the U.S., Canada and Mexico, football’s global governing frame FIFA introduced Sunday.
The overall can be performed on July 19 on the East Rutherford, N.J., stadium. Mexico Town will host the opener of the 104-game event at Estadio Azteca on June 11.
All the way through the development, although, the 82,500-capacity stadium can be formally known as the “New York New Jersey Stadium” to conform to the FIFA’s coverage in opposition to non-sponsor company names.
It is a International Cup of firsts. For the primary time, the event will enlarge to incorporate 48 groups, up from the 32 team-format held for the previous seven tournaments. It is going to even be the primary time the event is staged throughout 3 host international locations. Past the New York-New Jersey complicated, 15 different main towns have been picked to host the International Cup suits.
MetLife Stadium, house to the New York Jets and Giants, hosted the Tremendous Bowl in 2014 and the Copa América Centenario ultimate in 2016.
New York Town Mayor Eric Adams and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy celebrated the announcement on social media.
“As a lifelong football fan, I’m delighted to announce that the FIFA International Cup 2026 Ultimate can be hosted through New Jersey and New York Town!” Gov. Murphy mentioned in a tweet.
When native officers first made their pitch to play host for the International Cup ultimate, they emphasised the stadium’s proximity to New York Town as a media hub with central get entry to to lodges, eating places, leisure and global flights.
As for the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Crew, they’re going to have the fortune of sticking to the similar time zone to start out their International Cup adventure. The workforce’s first fit is at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on June 12. After that, they will head to Seattle for his or her 2d fit, earlier than returning to LA for the general workforce play spherical on June 26.
“It is nice to in any case be informed the place we will be able to be for the gang degree. It in point of fact begins to deliver issues to existence,” USMNT trainer Gregg Berhalter mentioned throughout a press convention. “We’d were proud of any of the venues as a result of we all know the house beef up goes to be unbelievable.”
Whether or not or no longer his workforce makes it to the general recreation, Berhalter — a New Jersey local — says of the venue pick out: “It is a dream come true for me.”