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Commanders Kicker Matt Gay Fulfilling Soccer Dream by Playing at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu Stadium
Matt Gay fulfills a lifelong soccer dream playing at Real Madrid's Bernabeu during the NFL's first regular-season game in Spain, part of the league’s record seventh international game in 2025.
- On Nov. 14, 2025, Washington Commanders kicker Matt Gay traveled to Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid, as workers prepared for Sunday's NFL game against the Miami Dolphins in Spain's first regular-season match.
- Gay was a youth soccer prospect invited to U.S. Soccer's residency program as a teenager before switching to football at the University of Utah and entering the 2019 draft.
- It's the third time Gay will play abroad, having appeared in London in 2019 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Frankfurt, Germany in 2023 with the Indianapolis Colts.
- The game is the NFL's seventh and final international game of the season, the most ever, and Gay said `For me, this is a dream come true.`
- The matchup links American football with global soccer culture, as Gay cited Ronaldo, Berbatov and Benzema, while teammates compared Santiago Bernabeu to iconic U.S. stadiums.
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