‘Gold standard’: training centre could be gamechanger for football in US
by Jacob Steinberg in Atlanta from US news | The Guardian on (#6Y5V7)
On a 200-acre site in Fayette County, Georgia, US Soccer hopes to build the best facility of its like in the world
Thirty minutes away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Atlanta, the land becomes greener, the trees are taller and builders are working in the intense Georgia sun to ensure US Soccer's new National Training Center is ready for action in time for the men's World Cup next year.
It is an enormous site, spanning more than 200 acres in Trilith, Fayette County, and the hope is it will be the best training facility in the world when it opens. Funding has partly come from Arthur M Blank, who owns three sports teams in Atlanta, and executives are confident everything is on schedule for the doors to open in April.
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