Fields of Dreams: Ground is broken on US Soccer National Training Center
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The United States Soccer National Training Center is located on Lees Rd. in Fayetteville, 15 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 23 miles from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of Atlanta United. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.- With shovels in hand, a number of United States Soccer executives, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United, and Arthur M. Blank Foundation owner and namesake Arthur Blank moved the first terra firma associated with what will forever be called the Arthur M. Blank Foundation U.S. Soccer National Training Center.
All of those people, local elected officials, local business owners, and the media were on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning. Located in Fayetteville on a 200-acre plot of land surrounded by farms and winding two-lane roads, the U.S. Soccer National Training Center will be the headquarters for this country’s soccer clubs, including the men’s and women’s national teams, and all of the youth teams associated with the national level.&
With the entire soccer world scheduled to be in Atlanta for the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, the groundbreaking could not have come at a better time. There is no definitive timetable for when the training center will...
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