2026 World Cup remaining to be played at MetLife Stadium, now no longer AT&T Stadium; Atlanta, Dallas catch semis
The World Cup will be co-hosted by the U.S., Mexico and Canada and ought to race from June 11 to July 19
The wonderful for the 2026 World Cup will occur at MetLife Stadium in the New York suburb of East Rutherford, N.J., FIFA launched Sunday, constructing the probability that the match will be one of the attended in the match’s historical past.
The NFL venue reportedly beat out AT&T Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Arlington for the excellence. Occasion organizers told FIFA that AT&T Stadium can seat spherical 87,000, and a soldout stadium would land throughout the tip 10 attendances for a World Cup.
The U.S. males’s nationwide crew will open up their World Cup campaign on June 12 at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, while co-hosts Mexico will own the match’s opening match on June 11 at Mexico Metropolis’s Estadio Azteca. Fellow World Cup co-hosts Canada will play their first match of the competition at Toronto’s BMO Self-discipline on June 12.
As for AT&T Stadium, the venue will host one of two semifinals, while Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium will own the opposite. Miami Gardens’ Exhausting Rock Stadium will be the realm of the third-plot match.
The majority of the World Cup will occur in the U.S., but Mexico and Canada own about a stadiums that can again as professional match venues. Estadio Akron in the Guadalajara space and Estadio BBVA in the Monterrey space will be the opposite two stadiums in Mexico to host World Cup suits, while Vancouver’s BC Plan will even be a area for video games.
The 2026 World Cup will be the foremost version of the match that aspects 48 teams, up from the 32 that competed at the 2022 match in Qatar. The match will race from June 11 to July 19, making it the longest version of the World Cup in FIFA’s historical past.
2026 World Cup venues
United States
- Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas Metropolis
- AT&T Stadium, Dallas
- Gillette Stadium, Boston
- Exhausting Rock Stadium, Miami
- Levi’s Stadium, San Francisco Bay Enviornment
- Lincoln Financial Self-discipline, Philadelphia
- Lumen Self-discipline, Seattle
- Mercedes Benz Arena, Atlanta
- MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey
- NRG Stadium, Houston
- SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles
Mexico
- Estadio Akron, Guadalajara
- Estadio Azteca, Mexico Metropolis
- Estadio BBVA, Monterrey
Canada
- BC Plan, Vancouver
- BMO Self-discipline, Toronto
2026 World Cup key dates and venues
- June 11: World Cup opening game and Mexico’s first game, Mexico Metropolis
- June 12: Canada’s first game, Toronto
- June 12: USMNT’s first game, Los Angeles
- June 28 to July 3: spherical of 32 suits in all host cities except Dallas, Guadalajara, Los Angeles and Philadelphia
- July 4 to July 7: Round of 16 hosted in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Mexico Metropolis, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, Seattle and Vancouver
- July 9 to 11: Quarterfinals hosted in Boston, Kansas Metropolis, Los Angeles and Miami
- July 14: Semifinal one, Dallas
- July 15: Semifinal two, Atlanta
- July 18: Third plot play-off, Miami
- July 19: Closing, New York/New Jersey
