A view of World Cup signage at New York New Jersey Stadium on May 19 in East Rutherford, N.J., one of 11 sites where matches will be played in the U.S.
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Even if your city isn’t hosting a World Cup match, you might still have the chance to see a team in action this summer.
In the U.S., more than 20 cities across 19 states will become training sites for national teams during the tournament. This number does not include the 11 U.S. cities where games will occur. Of the 48 competing teams, 39 will set up their base camps in the U.S.
According to FIFA, these base camps are expected to generate revenue and offer fans another way to engage with the event.
The upcoming World Cup, hosted by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, is set to be the largest in history, with more teams and matches across a greater number of cities. The tournament will kick off on June 11 and conclude on July 19. Notably, it’s the first World Cup held in the U.S. since 1994.
This week, FIFA announced the training locations for each team. Here is the breakdown by state:
Arizona
Turkey will hold its training sessions at Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa.
California
California will host seven teams. In the north, Australia will train at the Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club, and Paraguay will use San Jose State University’s Spartan Soccer Complex.
In the south, the United States team will base at the Great Park Sports Complex in Irvine. Qatar will be at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, and Austria at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Harder Stadium in Goleta. In San Diego, New Zealand will utilize the University of San Diego’s Torero Stadium, while Switzerland will train at the San Diego Jewish Academy.
Florida
Cape Verde will be stationed at the Waters Sportsplex in Tampa; Curaçao will train at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton; and Portugal will use the Gardens North County District Park in Palm Beach Gardens.
Georgia
Uzbekistan will train at the MLS club Atlanta United’s training center in Atlanta, which is also a host city for the World Cup matches.
Kansas
Argentina’s training home base will be at the MLS club Sporting KC’s training facility in Kansas City; Algeria will be at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Massachusetts
France will be based at Bentley University near Boston, another host city for games.
Missouri
In the other Kansas City, England will make the Swope Soccer Village its base, while the Netherlands will use the training facility of the KC Current, which competes in the National Women’s Soccer League.
New Jersey
Haiti will train at Stockton University in Galloway; Morocco will use the Pingry School in Bernards Township; Senegal will be at Rutgers University facilities in Piscataway; and Brazil’s training base will be the Columbia Park Training Facility, home to the MLS’s New York Red Bulls, in Morris Township, N.J.
The World Cup final will also take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, where BTS, Shakira, and Madonna will perform in a Super Bowl-style halftime show.
North Carolina
Norway will train at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Germany at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem; and Scotland at the training facility of the MLS’s Charlotte FC in east Charlotte.
Ohio
Ecuador will set up camp at the OhioHealth Performance Center in Columbus, which is the training site for the MLS’s Columbus Crew.
Oregon
Jordan’s training base will be at the University of Portland in Portland.
Pennsylvania
Ivory Coast’s base camp will be at the Subaru Park stadium of the MLS’s Philadelphia Union in Philadelphia.
Rhode Island
Ghana will be based at Bryant University outside Providence.
Tennessee
Japan will train at the training center belonging to MLS club Nashville SC, and Spain will train at Baylor School in Chattanooga.
Texas
Saudi Arabia’s training base will be at Q2 Stadium of MLS team Austin FC; Democratic Republic of Congo at the Houston Training Centre in Houston; Sweden at Toyota Stadium, home of MLS team FC Dallas, in Frisco; and Czechia at Mansfield Multipurpose Stadium in Mansfield.
Utah
Bosnia and Herzegovina will be at the home stadium of MLS club Real Salt Lake in Sandy.
Virginia
Croatia will be at Episcopal High School in Alexandria.
Washington
Belgium’s training base will be the Providence Swedish Performance Center and Clubhouse, home of the MLS’s Seattle Sounders, in Renton, while Egypt will be at Gonzaga University in Spokane.
West Virginia
Iraq will train at the Greenbrier Sports Performance Centre in Greenbrier County.
Beyond the U.S.
Canada and Panama will train in Canada, while Colombia, South Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay, and Tunisia will be based in Mexico.
The Iranian national soccer team was initially set to train in Tucson, Ariz. But after the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, the team successfully requested to move its base to Mexico.
