USMNT select Irvine, California as 2026 World Cup training base

Aerial view of the Great Park in 2021. Photograph: Allen J Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

The United States men’s national team will base themselves in Irvine, California for the World Cup, Irvine Mayor Larry Argan announced in his state of the city address on Tuesday night. The team will train at Great Park Championship Soccer Stadium, a facility built in 2017 and the everyday home of the USL Championship’s Orange County SC.

“We are delighted to have Great Park as our training site for the 2026 Fifa World Cup,” US Soccer Sporting Director Matt Crocker said in a statement. “The facilities are simply outstanding and will provide the perfect training environment for our team to prepare to be successful at the World Cup.”