here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cWe are thrilled to bring the England men\u2019s national team to Orlando as part of their World Cup preparations,\u201d\u00a0said Jarrod Dillon, President of Business Operations for Orlando City\u00a0SC, Orlando\u00a0Pride\u00a0and\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium. \u201cInter&Co\u00a0Stadium offers an electric atmosphere and world\u2011class facilities, making it the ideal stage for an international matchup of this caliber. This fixture reflects Orlando\u2019s role as a destination for global\u00a0football\u00a0and\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0excited to provide our community with a rare opportunity to see England compete live.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The June 10 friendly will mark the first time the England men\u2019s national team has played a match at\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium. It will also be among the first occasions the Three Lions have competed on U.S. soil in more than\u00a020 years, underscoring the significance of the match as anticipation builds toward the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be co\u2011hosted across the United States,\u00a0Canada\u00a0and Mexico. Drawn into Group L, England will face Croatia,\u00a0Ghana\u00a0and Panama during the group stage of the tournament.<\/p>\n
England and Costa Rica have only faced each other twice in their history. The teams first met in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup\u00a02014\u2122\u00a0in Brazil, playing to a 0-0 draw. Four years later, England hosted the Concacaf side in a pre\u2011tournament friendly ahead of the FIFA World Cup\u00a02018\u2122\u00a0in Russia, earning a 2\u20130 victory at Leeds United\u2019s Elland Road.<\/p>\n
Additional\u00a0details regarding matchday operations, broadcast\u00a0information\u00a0and ticket sales will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (April 9, 2026) \u2014 TEG Sport and\u00a0The Football Association today\u00a0announced that\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium will host\u00a0the England men’s national…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,541,139,4786,141,140,7781],"class_list":{"0":"post-224887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-news-release","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-city","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news","14":"tag-stadium"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}