The NFL wants to expand further internationally: As Commissioner Rodger Goodell explained on the day of the Germany game in Munich, eight games on international soil are planned for the coming season.
Plans eight games on international soil: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
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It is no longer a secret that the National Football League is reaching out more and more and wants to organize its games more and more internationally. Last but not least, the Carolina Panthers and the New York Giants dueled in the Munich Allianz Arena just this Sunday.
This was the fourth time (Munich 2022 and 2024 and two games in Frankfurt 2023) that an NFL regular-season game took place on German soil. The duel in Germany was the last of the International Series; there had already been four games on international soil this season.
It started with the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles, who held the first day of the regular season in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Three games followed in London between the New York Jets and the Minnesota Vikings, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Chicago Bears, and between the New England Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars, before the Panthers and Giants concluded in Germany.
But that’s far from the end, as league boss Roger Goodell said on Sunday NFL Network explained. According to the commissioner, eight games on international soil are planned for the coming year. Brazil, London and Germany will return as locations, In addition, a game at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid had already been announced. In addition, Mexico City, where the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals last competed in 2022, is also set to return as host. A game in Ireland is also possible.
It is not yet known where exactly the games will be played – with the exception of London, Madrid and Mexico City. Recently, Berlin tried to host the event in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
