Overview
- The Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol confirmed the national team will be based in Playa del Carmen for the 2026 tournament.
- Playa del Carmen was the staff’s first choice over Tampa, Atlanta, Boca Raton, and Austin.
- Head coach Marcelo Bielsa, fitness coach Diego Estavillo, and national teams director Jorge Giordano led on-site evaluations.
- The AUF cited an integrated complex with training fields, gym, medical areas, workspaces, and exclusive modular lodging similar to the Complejo Celeste, plus open green spaces suited to a long stay.
- Uruguay, in Group H with Spain, Cabo Verde, and Saudi Arabia, opens on June 15 in Miami against Saudi Arabia, plays Cabo Verde six days later in the same city, and faces Spain on June 26 in Guadalajara.