{"id":36047,"date":"2026-06-06T21:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/36047\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T21:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:15:22","slug":"baylor-school-tenn-becomes-base-camp-for-spain-2026-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/36047\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor School (Tenn.) becomes base camp for Spain 2026 World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chattanooga Baylor School <\/a>(Tenn.)\u2019s facilities earned numerous praises on social media today, serving as the basecamp for the Spain 2026 World Cup squad. Four elite private schools are currently being used as base camps for teams in the buildup to the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Spain, one of the tournament\u2019s favorites, is hosting an open training session at the ground today. Currently ranked second in the world by FIFA, the defending European champions kick off their World Cup campaign a week from Monday against Cape Verde.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoesn\u2019t get much nicer than the Spain national team\u2019s training ground for the FIFA World Cup Team will be on the Baylor School campus at 5 and out on the field at 6 ET for training. They were already on campus this morning at 11 to check out all the facilities.\u201d Times Free Press writer Patrick MacCoon shared <\/a>on social media.<\/p>\n

The Times writer has also shared <\/a>the entire process throughout the week, including the national team\u2019s arrival in Chattanooga, with World Cup stars like Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams being spotted in Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Baylor School is also not the only high school being used as a basecamp for World Cup squads. Alexandria Episcopal <\/a>(Va.), San Diego Jewish Academy<\/a> (Calif.), and Martinsville The Pingry School <\/a>(N.J.) are all hosting Croatia, Switzerland, and Morocco, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of countries came in and looked, and there was a lot of interest. But when Spain wanted to be here, that narrowed it down quickly.\u201d Baylor\u2019s head of school, Chris Angel, revealed in an interview with Front Office Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The hosts of the European champions, the Red Raiders, had a wildly successful season in 2025. Finishing the season as the TSSAA\u2019s Division II-AAA state champions after a 28-24 victory over Brentwood Academy<\/a> (Tenn.). They also finished the season ranked \u00a0No. 1 in the\u00a0final 2025 Tennessee High School Football\u00a0Massey Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, their roster boasts some of the best prospects in the country. With four-star class of 2027 quarterback talent Keegan Croucher<\/a>, who has committed to Ole Miss, as well as a four-star class of 2028 wide receiver Antwaun Adams<\/a>, who also has an offer from the Rebels.<\/p>\n

Following their wildly successful 2025 season, Rivals has already predicted <\/a>the Red Raiders to go 10-0 next season and defend their TSSAA Division II-AAA state crown.<\/p>\n

Before their preseason scrimmage against one of the top-ranked sides in the nation,\u00a0Buford\u00a0<\/a>(Ga.), on August 7, their facilities will continue to be utilized by the Spanish national team for the duration of the 2026 World Cup group stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chattanooga Baylor School (Tenn.)\u2019s facilities earned numerous praises on social media today, serving as the basecamp for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17392,17393,17394,17395,17397,17396,17399,10819,17400,17,14559,17398],"class_list":["post-36047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-antwaun-adams-28-baylor-school","tag-baylor-school-red-raiders-chattanooga","tag-brentwood-academy-eagles-brentwood","tag-buford-wolves-buford","tag-episcopal-maroon-alexandria","tag-ga","tag-keegan-croucher-27-baylor-school","tag-nj","tag-ridge-red-devils-basking-ridge","tag-spain","tag-tn","tag-va"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}