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RALEIGH, N.C. — NC State and Virginia will open the 2026 school soccer season with a first-of-its-kind matchup in South America, taking part in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, Aug. 29, according to CBS Sports.
The sport, branded “School Soccer Brasil,” will mark the first FBS contest ever performed on the continent and can function the ACC opener for each packages.
The worldwide recreation shall be held at Nilton Santos Stadium, also referred to as Engenhão, a 44,661-seat venue that beforehand hosted occasions through the 2016 Summer season Olympics and Copa America. Virginia will function the designated house workforce.
“To have NC State and Virginia open our convention schedule on a world stage in Rio de Janeiro speaks to the imaginative and prescient, innovation and collaboration of our league,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips stated in a launch. “That is a rare second for the ACC and for faculty soccer.”
The colleges initially deliberate a home-and-home nonconference sequence after the ACC didn’t schedule video games between the rivals in 2025 and 2026. They’ve met solely eight occasions since 2006, together with the 2025 matchup in Raleigh, which NC State gained 35–31.
In September, ACC athletic administrators accredited the transfer to a nine-game convention slate starting in 2026. That change transformed the NC State–Virginia recreation from a nonconference date into an official league matchup, guaranteeing it counts towards ACC standings.
“We’re excited concerning the alternative to play a recreation in a wonderful, world-renowned metropolis like Rio de Janeiro and to convey American soccer to a different continent,” NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan stated. “It’s positively a singular state of affairs to play a highway recreation versus Virginia in Brazil, however it ought to be an unforgettable expertise.”
The Wolfpack lead the all-time sequence 38-22-1 in a rivalry courting again to 1904. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams stated the sport strengthens the college’s international profile.
“UVA is already acknowledged globally, and this occasion permits us to increase our worldwide presence, each as a number one tutorial establishment and as a premier athletics program,” Williams stated. “We’re honored to take part in such a historic occasion and thrilled that Brazil shall be our host.”
