Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 4, 2024 23:49:21 GMT
www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/04/new-jerseys-metlife-stadium-to-host-2026-world-cup-final-as-azteca-gets-opener
New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium will host the final of the 2026 World Cup, which will take place across North America in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The 82,500 capacity MetLife Stadium is in New Jersey but is five miles from New York City and is the home of the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants. It hosted the Super Bowl in February 2014 and the final of the Copa America Centenario in 2016.
The tournament will be the first edition of the World Cup in its expanded 48-team format. The final will take place on 19 July after a 39-day tournament taking in 104 matches, the most in World Cup history. The first match will be on 11 June in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, which has hosted the tournament opener on two previous occasions, in 1970 and 1986.
The first ever men’s World Cup match in Canada will be on 12 June in Toronto’s BMO Field, which will host the Canadian team’s opener. Vancouver’s 54,500 capacity BC Place will be the venue for Canada’s second and third group matches. “It’s important to be coast-to-coast,” said Mauro Biello, Canada’s interim manager…
www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/04/new-jerseys-metlife-stadium-to-host-2026-world-cup-final-as-azteca-gets-opener
New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium will host the final of the 2026 World Cup, which will take place across North America in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The 82,500 capacity MetLife Stadium is in New Jersey but is five miles from New York City and is the home of the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants. It hosted the Super Bowl in February 2014 and the final of the Copa America Centenario in 2016.
The tournament will be the first edition of the World Cup in its expanded 48-team format. The final will take place on 19 July after a 39-day tournament taking in 104 matches, the most in World Cup history. The first match will be on 11 June in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, which has hosted the tournament opener on two previous occasions, in 1970 and 1986.
The first ever men’s World Cup match in Canada will be on 12 June in Toronto’s BMO Field, which will host the Canadian team’s opener. Vancouver’s 54,500 capacity BC Place will be the venue for Canada’s second and third group matches. “It’s important to be coast-to-coast,” said Mauro Biello, Canada’s interim manager…
www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/04/new-jerseys-metlife-stadium-to-host-2026-world-cup-final-as-azteca-gets-opener
