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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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Nottawasaga Inn Resort and Conference Center

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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Curaçao Confirms Boca Raton as FIFA World Cup Base Camp Destination

Curaçao will prepare for its first FIFA World Cup campaign this summer at a base camp in Boca Raton, Florida. It was announced that the “Blue Wave” (La Familia Azul) will use Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as its principal training facility, while the team and staff will stay at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca […]

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Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)

Saudi Arabia Assigned to Austin for FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has announced that it has selected Austin, Texas, as its base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Green Falcons will train at Q2 Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer side Austin FC, and make use of its fields, facilities and […]

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(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Picks Kansas City, Kansas, for FIFA World Cup Base

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced that reigning FIFA World Cup champion Argentina will be based in Kansas City, Kansas, during this year’s edition of the tournament. Lionel Scaloni’s team will set up at Compass Minerals National Performance Center, the training facility for Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City, for its team base camp training […]

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The LA28 Olympic football (soccer) venues (Credit: LA28)

LA28 Reveals Venues for 2028 Olympic Soccer Matches

The LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games has unveiled seven venues across the United States that will stage matches for the 2028 Olympic soccer tournaments. The group stage and knockout matches will lead up to the final matches at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, which previously hosted the men’s FIFA World Cup final in […]

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The Fairmont Mayakoba hotel (Credit: AUF)

Uruguay Selects Playa del Carmen for 2026 FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Uruguayan Football Association has confirmed that its men’s national soccer team will be based in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, in Mexico during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. La Celeste (Sky Blues) will stay at the Fairmont Mayakoba during the tournament, while its training camp will be […]

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