The soccer (association football) tournaments at the 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles and six other cities in the United States from July 10 to 29, 2028.
Two different tournaments will be held in this sport: men's and women's. Spain is the men's defending champion, and the United States is the women's defending champion.
Competition schedule The preliminary match schedule was released on November 12, 2025. All semifinal, bronze medal, and gold medal matches will be contested at the historic Rose Bowl Stadium. A detailed schedule was released on March 16, 2026 with the start of the men's tournament set for July 10, four days before the opening ceremony.
Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat 22 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Men G G G ¼ ½ B F Women G G G ¼ ½ B F
Venues The match schedule was announced in March 2026 and will allow teams to advance from east to west as the tournament progresses, in order to minimize travel demands. Seven venues across seven cities will serve as hosts, with all but the Rose Bowl Stadium being soccer-specific stadiums.
PasadenaRose Bowl StadiumCapacity: 89,702New YorkColumbusNashvilleEtihad ParkScottsMiracle-Gro FieldGeodis ParkCapacity: 25,000Capacity: 20,371Capacity: 30,109St. LouisSan JoseSan DiegoEnergizer ParkPayPal ParkSnapdragon StadiumCapacity: 22,423Capacity: 18,000Capacity: 35,000
Qualification In April 2025, the IOC Executive Board approved a recommendation for 12 men's teams and 16 women's teams. The FIFA Council approved the distribution of spots at their meeting on 17 December 2025; however, CONMEBOL had previously published its own qualification system for its confederation's women's football qualification.
Qualification summary
Nation Men's Women's Athletes 18 18 18 36Total: 4 NOCs 2/12 3/16 90/504
Men's qualification
Women's qualification
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