Construction is well underway for the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in South Atlanta. Project leaders say it’s on track for completion ahead of the World Cup in 2026.
The 200-acre training center includes 13 grass soccer fields, two turf fields, two sand fields, and several indoor options. The facility will be the new headquarters for U.S. Soccer operations from educational program to professional matches.
Matt Bradley works for U.S. Soccer. He said the facility will have offerings for the community.
“We’ve done a bunch of work already with the Coca-Cola Foundation and doing community programs in and around the Atlanta area,” Bradley said. “We certainly have, you know, lots of intentions to continue to do things like that.
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Once the facility is completed, all U.S. Soccer staff will move South from the organization’s current headquarters in Chicago. Chief Financial Officer Chelle Adams said U.S. Soccer looked at several locations in the nation before choosing Atlanta.
“Weather was a big important piece of it,” she said. “International airport. Our teams are traveling all over the United States; they’re traveling in and also out, and then also internationally as well. And then really the partnerships that we could have with the community, with the government.”
The facility is expected to be completed by spring 2026.
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