When you picture the world’s best soccer teams preparing for a World Cup, Kansas City probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind. Paris, maybe. London, sure. Some sun-drenched complex on the outskirts of Madrid, absolutely.
But here we are. Argentina, England, and the Netherlands, three of the sport’s most decorated programs, have all chosen the Kansas City metropolitan area as their training base for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Kansas City training triangle
Argentina, the reigning World Cup champions, will set up shop at the Sporting KC Training Centre in Kansas City, Kansas. The facility comes loaded with the kind of amenities you’d expect a team of that caliber to demand: hyperbaric chambers, cryotherapy labs, and state-of-the-art training infrastructure.
England will base operations at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri.
