FIFA Team Might Call Goleta Home Base for World Cup in June

FIFA Team Might Call Goleta Home Base for World Cup in June

Goleta might host a FIFA team in June for the 2026 World Cup in North America, the largest one in history.  The Goleta City Council gave city staff the green light on Tuesday to file a host city agreement with FIFA, a necessary step to be considered as a training base camp in the global soccer competition.  If chosen to be a host city, one of the 48 teams participating in the World Cup would stay at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara, practice at UC Santa …