FIFA recently confirmed that the 2026 Men’s World Cup final, with 48 teams participating, will be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. The event will be held in New York on July 19, with an opening ceremony and match scheduled at Mexico City’s legendary Azteca Stadium on June 11.
Unlike Dallas and Los Angeles, MetLife Stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was chosen as the venue for the final. This stadium, home of the New York Jets and Giants American football teams, will take over to host the climax of the competition.
The Azteca stadium, which has already been the scene of the opening of the competition in 1970 and 1986, will be the site of the opening ceremony for the third time, a first…
in the history of football.
The first matches will take place with Canada in Toronto on June 12, followed by the United States at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles the same day. Afterwards, the teams will head to other cities such as Seattle. FIFA shared the details during a televised ceremony attended by personalities including comedian Kevin Hart, rapper Drake and star Kim Kardashian.
The match for third place is scheduled for Miami, where Lionel Messi has been playing since last year with Inter Miami. Although Messi, winner of the previous edition in Qatar in 2022, has not ruled out his participation in 2026, he is already announced for the Copa America in the United States, which will be held from June 20 to July 16 this year, thus serving as a preamble to the World Cup.
2024-02-05 10:00:00
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