US Soccer Training Center is closer to April 2026 completion date

A pair of Home Depot employees sign a steel beam that would be put in place on a building on the grounds of the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta VoiceFAYETTEVILLE, GA. – A pair of Home Depot employees wearing matching orange construction helmets and aprons walked over to the steel beam and began to sign. More followed them over and began to sign their names and inscribe short messages, while others took selfies and recorded videos. Moments later when everyone was safely out of harm’s way the beam was lifted by a crane and put into place by the crew of Atlanta-based construction company Brasfield & Gorrie.Located in Fayetteville on a 200-acre plot of land surrounded by farms and winding two-lane roads, the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center will be the headquarters for this country’s 27 soccer clubs, including the men’s and women’s national teams, and all of the youth teams associated with the national level. The beam is now part of a 200,000-square-foot support building on the property.Nine months after the ground was broken on “The Blank” (Note: That’s my nickname...