Dec 13, 2023, 10:03 AM ET
The date and rivals for the first NFL matchup in South America would be announced at a later time.
The NFL would debut in South America during the 2024 regular season, sources informed ESPN
As John Sutcliffe of ESPNciting sources, the NFL I would play a match for the first time Brazil, as part of the expansion to its International Series. The city of São Paulo It would be the venue for the meeting. The official announcement of the NFL It would be done this Wednesday, a source revealed to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
The date of the match and the teams participating in the duel would be announced at a later date, according to league sources.
The expansion of the NFL reaches South America with the announcement of the league’s first game in Brazil. ESPN
The expansion of the International Series of the NFL has been a topic of discussion during this week’s owners meeting in Dallas, the source told Schefter.
This is the first incursion of the NFL in South American territory in its history, and for this it has chosen Brazil, the country where professional American football is most popular in the entire region. Previously, the NFL had only held exhibition and regular season games in Canada y Mexicoin American territory, outside the USA.
The expansion to Brazil is due, at least in part, to the non-performance of games in the Aztec stadium from Mexico City for the 2023 and 2024 campaigns, at least, thanks to the fact that the property will be being deeply remodeled for the 2026 World Cup which will be held jointly by Mexico, United States and Canada.
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The commissioner Roger Goodell said last October that the NFL could add another international venue “as soon as next year,” and the league sent officials to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo y Madrid throughout this year to study possible venues for a regular season game.
The NFL will also continue discussing Spain as a possible scenario for a regular season game for the 2025 season in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium,home of the legendary football club, Real Madrid.
“There is a lot of interest in NFL“, said O’Reilly during an interview in September on the podcast Adam Schefter. “I mean, we saw it. We had a viewing party for it.” Super Bowl last year in Braziland it was full of people and the energy is there.
“You have some classic football clubs from around the world that are really interested in hosting the NFL and build a relationship with NFL. So the combination of those two, there’s interest there, for sure, and it’s just a matter of determining the timing and the focus.”
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Along with the match in Brazilian territory, it is expected that the NFL maintain its five European duels, made up of three games in the United Kingdom and two in Germanyfor the 2024 regular campaign. It is known that the Jacksonville Jaguars They will play as locals in Wembley Stadium in 2024, although the rival is not known yet. The other two London matches will take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
With the designation as headquarters for the NFL, Brazil extends the list to 10 countries outside the USA that have held a league game, whether exhibition or regular season, including Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Japan and Australia. Only Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and Germany have been venues for regular season matches, before Brazil.
According to the initiative of International Home Markets Areaslaunched by the NFL In January 2022, the Miami Dolphins They are the only team that has exclusive foreign “home” rights in Brazil in the NFLwhich makes them natural candidates to be one of the teams chosen for the upcoming match in São Paulo.
The NFL has made aggressive efforts toward international expansion, adding a No. 17 game to the schedule to facilitate matches and give teams exclusive commercial rights in other countries.
Information from the AP was used in the writing of this story.
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