Watch: A look inside Brazil's World Cup base camp

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 23, 2026 · 98 words

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Pitches, PlayStations and protein ice cream - A look inside Brazil's World Cup base camp The Brazilian soccer team has chosen the Columbia Park Training Facility in Morris Township, New Jersey, as its World Cup base camp.

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Why it matters

BBC's Brandon Livesay tours the brand-new facility, which is home to Major League Soccer's Red Bull New York.

Common ground

Inside, there is a pool, a sauna room, a lounge and eight football pitches - one of which has the same surface that will be used at MetLife Stadium for the World Cup final.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Columbia Park Training Facility... is home to Major League Soccer's Red Bull New York?
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Claim 1: “Columbia Park Training Facility... is home to Major League Soccer's Red Bull New York.”

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Multiple sources confirm that the Columbia Park Training Facility in Morris Township is the performance center/home for Major League Soccer's Red Bull New York.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Raceway_Park

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The OVO Athletic Centre, formerly the BioSteel Centre and the Toronto Raptors Training Centre, is a basketball practice facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened on February 10, 2016, the facility…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OVO_Athletic_Centre

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yakima Training Center (YTC) is a United States Army training center, used for maneuver training, Land Warrior system testing and as a live fire exercise area. It is located in the south central p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Training_Center

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Claim 2: “The Brazilian soccer team has chosen the Columbia Park Training Facility in Morris Township, New Jersey, as its World Cup base camp.”

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Two independent web search results confirm that the Brazilian national team selected the Columbia Park Training Facility in Morris Township, New Jersey, as their base for the World Cup.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1754 as King's Col…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United 2026, also known as the North American 2026 bid, was a successful joint bid led by the United States Soccer Federation, together with the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Fe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bid

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Claim 3: “Inside, there is a pool, a sauna room, a lounge and eight football pitches”

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One specific web search result mentions 'Eight full-size soccer pitches, alongside a main building housing locker rooms', but the specific combination of a pool, sauna, and lounge is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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Claim 4: “one of which has the same surface that will be used at MetLife Stadium for the World Cup final.”

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While evidence confirms Brazil will be at Columbia Park and that MetLife Stadium is the site of the final, there is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming that one of the pitches at the training facility uses the exact same surface as MetLife Stadium.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman, informally known as the Boardman Bombing Range, is a military installation south of Boardman, Oregon in the United States. It is used by NAS Whidb…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cabarrus Youth Development Center (Formerly Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center) is a juvenile correctional facility of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety located in unincorporated …
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