Author: Paul Stevens

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Brazil Head Coach Carlo Ancelotti speaks to his players (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Brazil Locks in New Jersey Base Camp and Hotel for 2026 FIFA World Cup

The Brazilian Men’s National Soccer Team will stay at The Ridge Hotel in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and train at the nearby Columbia Park Training Center in Morristown during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Owned by Red Bulls New York FC, Columbia Park Training Center features state-of-the-art facilities, modern training areas, fitness centers, locker rooms […]

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Harder Stadium (Credit: UC Santa Barbara)

Austria Heads to Santa Barbara, California for FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Austrian Men’s National Soccer Team will stay in Goleta and train in Santa Barbara, California, during the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer. The team has announced that it will stay in a block of hotel rooms at the five-star Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Goleta and use the training facilities at the nearby 17,000-seat, outdoor […]

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Qatar's Almoez Ali at the 2022 FIFA World Cup (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Qatar to Set Up World Cup Base Camp in Santa Barbara, California

The Qatar Football Association has confirmed that it will set up is 2026 FIFA World Cup base camp in Santa Barbara, California. “Al Annabi,” or “The Maroons,” will use the UC Santa Barbara Westmont College sports facilities in Montecito as their training base during the tournament and stay nearby at the Courtyard by Marriott Santa […]

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Norway's training base for the 2026 FIFA World Cup (Credit: UNCG)

Norway Names Greensboro, North Carolina, for World Cup Base Camp

The Norwegian Football Federation has announced that its Men’s National Soccer Team will be based in Greensboro, North Carolina, during this summer’s FIFA World Cup — the federation’s first choice for a base camp location. The team will train at UNC Greensboro, belonging to the University of North Carolina, which includes a soccer-only facility for […]

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Blue Jays fans can't get a videoboard proposal at Rogers Centre, but it can be done at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, as this fan did, for $115. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

An Expensive Proposition: What it Costs to Pop the Big Question at a Game

Ahead of Valentine’s Day on Saturday, Sportsbook Review has analyzed sporting venues across MLB, the NBA, NFL and NHL to find which ones are the most affordable when it comes to making a marriage proposal on a videoboard. For starters, not every venue makes such magical moments possible. MLB has 21 stadiums that permit proposals, […]

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Real Madrid President Florentino Perez (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Real Madrid Withdraws European Super League Proposal and Ends UEFA Dispute

Real Madrid has become the latest and final football club to withdraw from a proposed European Super League after ending its long-running dispute with the continent’s governing body UEFA. The ESL was proposed as a seasonal football league for clubs across Europe back in April 2021. It was due to be organised by commercial enterprise […]

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The KC Current Training Facility (Credit: KC Current)

Netherlands Heads to Kansas City, Missouri for FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Dutch Men’s National Soccer Team has chosen the KC Current Training Facility in Kansas City, Missouri as its team base camp during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The KNVB confirmed that the daily training sessions would take place at the training complex of the professional American women’s soccer club Kansas City Current. It added […]

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The Oakland Roots/Soul Training Facility (Credit: Oakland Roots/Soul Sports Club)

Australia Chooses Oakland Roots/Soul Training Facility for FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Australian Men’s National Soccer Team has selected the Oakland Roots/Soul Training Facility, located on Bay Farm Island in Alameda, California, as its official base camp training site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, Football Australia has not yet publicly announced where the hotel will stay during rest periods between training and matches at […]

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Swope Soccer Village (Credit: Sporting Kansas City)

England Secures Preferred FIFA World Cup Base Camp in Kansas City, Missouri

The English Men’s National Soccer Team will be based in Kansas City, Missouri for the duration of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Swope Soccer Village, one of the training facilities of MLS side Sporting Kansas City, will be the team base camp training site for the Three Lions during the tournament. It was identified as […]

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IFA7 President and Founder Daniel Balcorta (center).

How IFA7 and Daniel Balcorta Helped A Different Kind of Soccer Go Global

International Football Association 7, also known as IFA7, is the world’s governing body for seven-on-seven soccer, a dynamic and fast-paced variation of traditional soccer. Founded in 2015 by Daniel Balcorta, a former head coach of Canada’s Seven-a-Side National Team and now the organization’s president, IFA7 has 24 federations and affiliates worldwide and a presence in […]

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