Fayette County’s New Soccer National Training Center

The U.S. Soccer Federation recently announced plans to build its new National Training Center in Fayette County. Encompassing over 200 acres of land near the Town at Trilith, the center will serve as the organization’s headquarters and feature over a dozen soccer fields, indoor courts, and more than 200,000 square feet of high-performance facilities to be used by all 26 national soccer teams. Citing the area’s proximity to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and its diverse, vibrant community as having influenced their decision, U.S. Soccer also credits Coca-Cola, a founding partner of the National Training Center, for their choice of location.

A coup for Fayette County and the Metro Atlanta area, the new training center is expected to create around 440 new jobs through a $228-million investment. It will also likely burnish Atlanta’s reputation as a sports town, one which was already boosted when the city was selected to cohost FIFA World Cup 2026. “This training center and headquarters will create a new center of gravity for American soccer, right here in Metro Atlanta’s Fayette County,” says katie kirkpatrick, president and CEO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber. “There is no place better suited to boost U.S. Soccer’s nationwide effort to increase sports access for all communities.”