England will play their first match of the summer against fellow World Cup 2026 participants New Zealand in Tampa Bay on Saturday, June 6. The Raymond James Stadium is home to the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and hosted Super Bowl LV in 2021.
Kurt Petersen, co-president of Unite Here Local 11, outlined a slew of union demands in a letter addressed to FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Stan Kroenke, calling for fair working practices and a public statement against ICE's presence at the games.
The soccer competition, which will feature 12 women's teams and eight men's teams for the first time, has the longest competition window of any sport in Olympic history because the International Olympic Committee Executive Board wanted to give each team two extra rest days throughout the tournament.
