The 2026 World Cup last might be held in New Jersey on the house of the National Football League’s New York Giants and New York Jets, world soccer’s governing physique FIFA introduced on Sunday, together with the complete schedule for the worldwide soccer showcase.
The 48-team World Cup, which is able to conclude on July 19 on the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, is being co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The open-air stadium for the ultimate, which has a capability of 82,500, hosted the Copa America Centenario last in 2016 when Chile denied Lionel Messi’s Argentina for a second time in a penalty shootout.
Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca will host the opening match of match on June 11 when Mexico will turn into the primary nation to stage the World Cup for a 3rd time.
Mexico hosted the World Cup in 1970 and 1986, with the finals of each editions held at Estadio Azteca the place Pele’s Brazil crushed Italy 4-1 and Diego Maradona’s Argentina beat West Germany 3-2.
Maradona additionally scored the well-known “Hand of God” purpose and the “Goal of the Century” on the identical venue in a 2-1 victory over England within the 1986 quarter-finals.
The first match in Canada, which has by no means hosted a World Cup sport, might be June 12 in Toronto on the house of the town’s Major League Soccer crew whereas the opening sport within the United States might be in Los Angeles on the house of the NFL’s Rams.
Each of the match hosts will spend the group stage in their very own international locations, with the United States sticking to the West Coast and taking part in twice in Los Angeles and as soon as in Seattle.
Canada will play one group stage sport in Toronto adopted by two in Vancouver whereas Mexico will play twice at Estadio Azteca and as soon as at Guadalajara.
The match will shift completely to the United States beginning with the quarter-final spherical, which might be held in Los Angeles, Kansas City, Miami, Boston.
Dallas and Atlanta will host the 2 semi-finals, Miami would be the web site of the third-place playoff whereas Philadelphia will host a Round of 16 match on July 4 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The 2026 World Cup will characteristic 104 matches as an alternative of the standard 64 video games, together with an extra knockout spherical as a result of beforehand introduced choice to broaden to 48 groups from 32. —Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
