"The Bay Area is the center of the sporting universe this week as the Super Bowl is set for Sunday at Levi's Stadium, but in two years, it will have a part to play in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, too. LA28 organizers announced Tuesday morning that PayPal Park will host early-round soccer matches for the Olympic women's and men's tournaments."
"San Jose native Naomi Girma was a key piece of the United States' gold medal-winning side in the 2024 Paris Games, and the central defender figures to be in the roster for 2028. Menlo Park native and former Stanford star defender Tierna Davidson also appears well positioned for the U.S. squad after starting for coach Emma Hayes in Paris, as does striker Sophia Wilson (formerly Smith) of Stanford, who had three goals and two assists over six games at the 2024 Games."
"Former Cardinal Catarina Macario could figure in, as well, after missing Paris with a knee injury. The Olympics are scheduled to stretch from July 14-30, 2028. The exact match schedule for the women's and men's tournaments will be unveiled in April before tickets go on sale. Major League Soccer is moving its calendar from a spring-through-fall model to a late summer-through-spring plan beginning in July 2027, so there may be fewer Earthquakes games to schedule around."
PayPal Park in the Bay Area will host early-round soccer matches for the 2028 Olympic women's and men's tournaments, with the Rose Bowl in Pasadena staging the gold medal matches on July 28 and 29. San Diego, Columbus, Nashville, New York and St. Louis will also host matches. The women's tournament is a premier quadrennial event comparable in prestige to the World Cup. The men's tournament is an Under-23 competition with three overage exceptions per roster. Several U.S. players with Bay Area and Stanford ties, including Naomi Girma, Tierna Davidson and Sophia Wilson, are positioned for 2028. The Olympics run July 14–30, 2028. MLS will shift its calendar in July 2027 and the NWSL traditionally pauses for the Olympics.
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