Sporting KC announces Argentina will use its facilities during 2026 World Cup
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- Argentina chose Sporting KC facilities in Kansas City for World Cup camp.
- Compass Minerals center: five fields (two synthetic), gym, recovery lab, classrooms.
- Sporting KC has no matches scheduled between May 24 and July 15.
A group of representatives from the Argentine Football Association made multiple trips to Kansas City while scouting potential base-camp locations for its team’s stay in the U.S. for the 2026 World Cup.
KC made a good impression.
Argentina chose Kansas City for its camp and Sporting Kansas City on Thursday said the defending World Cup champions will train at the SKC facilities.
That Argentine contingent likely was impressed with what it saw at Sporting’s Compass Minerals National Performance Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Lionel Messi, Julián Álvarez, Lautaro Martínez and the Argentina team will be preparing for the World Cup on a complex that has five full-size soccer fields.
The Compass Minerals National Performance Center website notes that three fields were designed by former Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes, and there are also a pair of synthetic turf fields. There is also a “two-story ‘Coaching Pavilion’ containing classrooms, camera positions and an observation deck.”
Other amenities at the facility, which opened in 2018, include a 12,870-square-foot workout gymnasium, two locker rooms, three classrooms and a sports performance lab. The latter has hyperbaric chambers, a cryotherapy lab, a massage suite and a recovery room.
A question lingers, though: While Argentina uses the training complex, where will Sporting Kansas City train? Sporting doesn’t have a match scheduled between May 24 and July 15, so the team might not need the space while Argentina is in Kansas City.
Argentina is expected to stay at the Hotel Savoy, 219 West 9th St. in Kansas City.
