FIFA has introduced the Global Cup 2026 last will probably be held in New Jersey.
The MetLife Stadium – house of the New York Giants and New York Jets NFL groups – will host last on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
The sector governing frame of soccer says the contest would be the “biggest-ever” Global Cup.
The 104-game event will function 48 groups throughout 16 host towns in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Positioned in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the MetLife Stadium was once in-built 2010 and boasts a capability of 82,500 other people.
FIFA additionally showed the event will start on June 11 on the Azteca Stadium in Mexico Town, Mexico.
The Azteca is well known amongst soccer fanatics because it was once the venue the place Argentina striker Diego Maradona ranking the “Hand of God” objective in opposition to England within the 1986 quarter-final.
Canada in the meantime will open their event on June 12 in Toronto as they host the long-lasting cup for the primary time. The United States will kick-off at the identical day at So-Fi Stadium in Los Angeles.
The AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas – house of the Dallas Cowboys – will probably be one of the most semi-final venues, at the side of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, house to town’s Primary League Football membership in addition to the Falcons NFL franchise.
The third-place play-off will probably be hosted at Miami’s Exhausting Rock Stadium.
The Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the NRG Stadium in Houston, Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Town, Lincoln Monetary Box in Philadelphia and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California are different US venues.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated: “Essentially the most inclusive and impactful Global Cup ever is not a dream, however a fact that can take form within the type of 104 fits in 16 cutting-edge stadiums throughout Canada, Mexico and the United States.
“From the hole fit on the iconic Estadio Azteca to the impressive last in New York New Jersey, gamers and fanatics had been on the core of our intensive making plans for this game-changing event.”
