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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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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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Ontario Base Camp Confirmed for Panama’s Men’s National Soccer Team at FIFA World Cup

Panama’s Men’s National Soccer Team has secured the Nottawasaga Training Center in New Tecumseth, Ontario in Canada as its base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Nottawasaga Inn Resort and Conference Center will be the team’s hotel during the tournament, while the Nottawasaga Training Site next door will be its training facility. The base […]

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Tom Stoltman won the World's Strongest Man competition the last time it was held in Myrtle Beach, in 2024. (Rich Storry / World’s Strongest Man)

World’s Strongest Man Going Back to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The World’s Strongest Man competition is going back to the beach. The event is returning to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which had previously hosted it in both 2023 and 2024 before it moved to Sacramento, California, last year. It will take place this this spring from April 23-26 at the Oceanfront at Burroughs & Chapin […]

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Fraser Bullock is Chairman of Utah 2034 and also ran the Olympic and Paralympic Games the last time Utah hosted in 2002. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With Utah 2034 Chairman Fraser Bullock

When Utah hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2034, it will be a triumphant return to the site of the 2002 Games that are widely seen as one the most successful in recent history. Not only did the competition run smoothly, Utah was able to maintain its venues and improve them to be […]

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