The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin with the first games of the men\u2019s soccer tournament four days before the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n
The first six matches of the men\u2019s tournament will be staged in New York, Columbus, St. Louis and Nashville on July 10.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s tournament will kick off on July 11, three days before the opening ceremony, with games also at NYCFC\u2019s Etihad Park, Columbus Crew\u2019s ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, St Louis City\u2019s Energizer Park and Nashville\u2019s Geodis Park in addition to San Jose Earthquake\u2019s PayPal Park and San Diego\u2019s Snapdragon Stadium.<\/p>\n
The distribution of games across the seven cities was announced by the Games organisers in a statement on Monday, and the earlier start date was also confirmed. Olympic soccer typically begins two days before the opening ceremony due to the tournament consisting of three-match group stages and quarterfinals, and the International Olympic Committee has approved an earlier start to allow an additional two days of rest at LA 2028.<\/p>\n
San Diego\u2019s Snapdragon Stadium will host the largest number of matches with 11 games across the men\u2019s and women\u2019s tournaments, including the men\u2019s bronze-medal match on July 27 and women\u2019s on July 28. One men\u2019s semifinal on July 24 and one women\u2019s on July 25 will be staged at the 35,000-capacity venue, in addition to a women\u2019s quarterfinal on July 21. Six women\u2019s group stage fixtures will also be hosted at the stadium, which is the second largest soccer venue being used for the Games.<\/p>\n
It was confirmed last year that the Rose Bowl in Pasadena would host both gold-medal matches, with the women\u2019s gold-medal match closing the soccer tournament on July 29. The 90,000-capacity stadium will also stage a men\u2019s semifinal on July 24, a women\u2019s semifinal on July 25 and a women\u2019s quarterfinal on July 21.<\/p>\n
The quarterfinals are spread across all seven soccer venues. New York, Columbus, Nashville and St. Louis will host the men\u2019s quarterfinals on July 20, while the women\u2019s quarterfinals will take place in St. Louis, San Jose, San Diego and Pasadena on July 21.<\/p>\n
Unlike previous Games, the women\u2019s competition at LA28 will feature 16 teams, in four groups of four, while the men\u2019s competition will have only 12 teams, split into three groups of four.<\/p>\n
The organisers confirmed the full schedule, including kick-off times and match pairings, would be announced \u201clater this year\u201d.<\/p>\n
2028 LA Olympic soccer venues and schedule<\/p>\n
Etihad Park, New York<\/p>\n
Five men\u2019s group-stage games (July 10, 13, 16)
\nThree women\u2019s group-stage games (July 11, 14, 17)
\nOne men\u2019s quarterfinal (July 20)<\/p>\n
ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, Columbus<\/p>\n
Six men\u2019s group-stage games (July 10, 13, 16)
\nTwo women\u2019s group-stage games (July 11, 14)
\nOne men\u2019s quarterfinal match (July 20)<\/p>\n
Geodis Park, Nashville\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three men\u2019s group-stage games (July 10, 13, 16)
\nFour women\u2019s group-stage games (July 11, 14, 17)
\nOne men\u2019s quarterfinal (July 20)
\nOne women\u2019s quarterfinal (July 21)<\/p>\n
Energizer Park, St. Louis<\/p>\n
Four men\u2019s group-stage games (July 10, 13, 16)
\nThree women\u2019s group-stage games (July 11, 14, 17)
\nOne men\u2019s quarterfinal (July 20)<\/p>\n
Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego<\/p>\n
Six women\u2019s group-stage games (July 11, 14, 17)
\nOne women\u2019s quarterfinal (July 21)
\nOne men\u2019s semifinal (July 24)
\nOne women\u2019s semifinal (July 25)
\nMen\u2019s bronze-medal games (July 27)
\nWomen\u2019s bronze-medal games (July 28)<\/p>\n
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena\u00a0<\/p>\n
One women\u2019s quarterfinal (July 21)
\nOne men\u2019s semifinal (July 24)
\nOne women\u2019s semifinal (July 25)
\nMen\u2019s gold-medal games (July 28)
\nWomen\u2019s gold-medal games (July 29)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin with the first games of the men\u2019s soccer tournament four days…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[10012,74,76,75,12903],"class_list":["post-225190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-olympics","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-womens-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}