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FIFA on Thursday drew the groups for the 32-team Club World Cup in 2025, set to transpire in the United States.

Soccer’s biggest ever global club tournament is coming to the United States next year and the 32-team group stage will be drawn Thursday.

The Dallas City Council will vote on Dec. 11 to approve up to $15 million in convention center upgrades to host FIFA International Broadcast Center for 2026 World Cup.

The Dallas Sports Commission made its pitch to host a major part of the 2026 World Cup at the convention center. NBC 5’s David Goins reports the FIFA International Broadcast Center serves as the hub for every match and will require city council buy-in to bring it to Dallas.

While the nine planned games at AT&T Stadium for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, including a semifinal, are expected to draw 100,000 fans for each game, more DFW cities could help support the 39-day event.

The City of McKinney wants in on the World Cup action as North Texas hosts a total of nine matches including a semi-final match. NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera reports FIFA is shopping around for training sites across Dallas-Fort Worth and McKinney is in the running.

A McKinney training facility hopes to be a training site for teams competing in the 2026 World Cup.

It is a huge weekend as soccer fans descend on Arlington. The Copa America quarterfinals kick off at AT&T Stadium Friday night and the crowds are loud. Big matches like these help security teams prepare for even bigger soccer showdowns set for 2026.

The FBI in Dallas has already been working for months on preparing for an event that is still two years away: The 2026 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA moved Wednesday toward ending decades of soccer tradition by reviewing the rules that currently block domestic league games being played in other countries.

FIFA is facing renewed pushback over its expanded Club World Cup just over a year before the tournament is due to be staged in the United States.

The next FIFA World Cup may still be two years away but the planning is already in the works for the fan fest. That includes figuring out where everything will happen and how DFW might benefit. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards reports local leaders got a big update this week.

FIFA said Thursday that any such trials would only take place at the lower levels of the sport, and that the topic would be discussed early next month.

The World Cup Final won’t be played at AT&T Stadium, but North Texas will host the most matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including nine games, five of which could be do or die. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more. 

The announcement that AT&T Stadium would host nine matches in the 2026 World Cup but not the World Cup Final drew mixed reactions from soccer fans across the Metroplex.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, FC Dallas co-owner Dan Hunt and Monica Paul, executive director of the Dallas Sports Commission, discuss the impact Arlington hosting nine games World Cup games at AT&T Stadium will have on the region.

Dirk Nowitzki (Mavs), Emmitt Smith (Cowboys), Marty Turco (Stars) and Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas) talk about the region’s World Cup bid and Arlington hosting nine games at AT&T Stadium in the summer of 2026.

According to a new report from a British tabloid, the stadium in North Texas will host the World Cup Final in 2026, though the news has not yet been made official.

A new report from a British newspaper, The Sun, says AT&T stadium will host the biggest soccer match on the planet in 2026. NBC 5’s Keenan Willard shows us what we know about FIFA’s plans and how soccer fans are already getting excited.

North Texas will soon know if Arlington will host the 2026 World Cup Final.