Welcome to the new home of football in America

Next month, the world comes to Georgia.

National teams from across the globe will arrive for the 2026 IFCPF Men’s and Women’s World Cups. For some players, it will be another chance to compete on the world stage. For others, the first.

And waiting for them is one of the newest and most ambitious football facilities in the world.

The Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville officially opened its doors in May.

Five months later, it will host the biggest event in IFCPF history.

Across two World Cups, 12 men’s teams and seven women’s teams will compete at the new home of U.S. Soccer — a purpose-built campus designed to bring the country’s football ecosystem together in one place.

And it is quite a place.

Set across 200 acres, the National Training Center features 13 full-size natural grass pitches, artificial and sand pitches, indoor playing spaces and around 200,000 square feet of high-performance and headquarters facilities.

It is home to all 27 U.S. national teams, from the senior men’s and women’s sides through to youth and Extended National Teams, as well as U.S. Soccer’s national headquarters.

This is where some of America’s best footballers will train.

Where the next generation will develop.

And, in October, where the world’s best CP Footballers will compete for a World Cup.

For the players arriving in Atlanta, it means stepping into an environment built around elite football.

But bringing the CP Football World Cups here means something more than pristine pitches and world-class facilities.

One home for the game.

For most of its history, U.S. Soccer never had a permanent home of its own.

That changed on May 7, when the National Training Center officially opened in Fayette County, southwest of Atlanta. The project was made possible in part by a $50 million contribution from Arthur M. Blank, owner of Atlanta United and co-founder of The Home Depot.

But the vision was bigger than creating somewhere for the senior national teams to train.

U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone has spoken about bringing the different parts of American soccer together — creating a place where players and teams who once occupied different corners of the sport can cross paths.

That makes it a fitting stage for what comes next.

For eleven days in October, the National Training Center will belong to CP Football.

Some of the best male and female players in the world will walk through its doors.

World champions will defend their place at the top. Emerging nations will measure themselves against the best. Players who have spent years chasing this moment will pull on their national shirt and step onto a World Cup pitch.

There will be two tournaments.

Two world champions.

And, for the first time, the biggest Women’s World Cup IFCPF has ever brought together in one place.

Built for what comes next.

There is another reason this venue feels significant.

Everything about the National Training Center looks forward.

It was built for development. For performance. For opportunity. For the players already at the top of the game and those still dreaming of getting there.

CP Football belongs in that future.

This is elite international football played by athletes with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury and stroke.

It is played across six continents.

Its women’s game has grown from no international teams six years ago to a World Cup field spanning five continents.

And its athletes are arriving in the United States ready to show exactly what this game can be.

Not on the edge of football.

At the new home of football in America.

In October, the flags go up.

The teams walk out.

Two World Cups begin.

The world is coming to Atlanta.

Let’s make the world watch.