Members of the Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee unveiled community and fan engagement plans Wednesday, including details on the FIFA Fan Festival, Los Angeles World Cup 26 Fan Zones and other community events planned across the area.
The news conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The World Cup begins on June 11, 2026 with Mexico playing the opener in Mexico City and co-hosts USA and Canada hosting their openers in Los Angeles and Toronto a day later.
The group stage lasts until June 27, then the top two teams in each group along with the eight best third-place finishers will advance to the Round of 32 beginning on June 28.
The remaining winning teams will then play in the Round of 16 starting on July 4. The quarterfinals will be held on July 9, and the semifinals will be July 14 and July 15, leading up to the championship match at MetLife Stadium on July 19.
Venues and kick-off times for all 104 matches in the 48-team field were announced in December before the revealing of which teams will be in the tournament’s unprecedented 12 groups of four.
A final match schedule for June and July will be released in March after the remaining six World Cup slots are filled by qualifiers from the FIFA and European playoffs.
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood is one of the venues that will host the international soccer tournament. The sparkling spaceship-like structure opened in 2020 on the site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack. The stadium has a seating capacity of about 70,000, an artificial surface and a fixed roof.
Other U.S. host cities are Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, Seattle and the Bay Area.
Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey are Mexico’s host cities. Toronto and Vancouver will host matches in Canada.
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