Link: https://www.sounderatheart.com/2026/05/belgium-national-team-will-set-up-world-cup-base-at-longacres/

One of the world’s top teams will call the Seattle area home.

This new format, where a team no longer plays all their group stage matches in a single stadium, is so weird to me:

All three of Belgium’s group stage games will be played on the West Coast, including their opener against Egypt in Seattle on June 15. Their other group stage games are in Los Angeles against Iran on June 21 and in Vancouver, B.C. against New Zealand on June 26. If the Red Devils win their group and then advance to the Round of 16, those two matches would also be played in Seattle. There’s even a possibility that the Round of 16 match could be played against the United States.