About WoSo Arena

Who writes this site?

I'm Marcos Salles, and I write and edit every page here. I live in Salvador, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova is one of the eight stadiums of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, the first one ever played in South America.

I also lived in the United States for five years. In Los Angeles, I kept seeing girls and women playing soccer everywhere: weekend games in public parks, practices on school fields, families on the sidelines. That is the reader I write for: the fan who wants to follow the World Cup, the traveler thinking about a trip to Brazil, and the parent trying to understand the girls' game.

I'm not a coach or a former player, and I don't ask you to take my word for anything. Every article is built from what can be checked: FIFA's official pages and match schedule, host-city and government sources, and the leagues and governing bodies of the sport. The sources are listed at the end of each article.

What will you find here?

• World Cup 2027: dates, host cities, the match schedule, tickets and how to watch from the U.S. and Canada.
• Brazil fan travel: the eight host cities, entry rules, getting around and what a match day is like, with the view of someone who lives in one of them.
• Girls' youth soccer: for U.S. parents, how club soccer works, what it costs, which leagues matter and how college recruiting works.

Each article opens with a short, direct answer, then explains the details. We don't publish live scores or daily match reports: big sports sites do that better. We focus on the guides you come back to.

How are the articles made?

I use AI tools to help with research and first drafts. Before anything is published, I read the original sources, check every date, venue and number against them, and edit the text myself. When something is still undecided, such as kick-off times before the draw, the article says so.

When FIFA or an organizer changes a date, a venue or a rule, the article is updated and the date at the top changes. You can read the full method on the How we write page.

Where do the images come from?

Images come from free libraries such as Wikimedia Commons, used under their license terms. Each one is credited under the picture, with a link to its license.

Is WoSo Arena an official site?

No. WoSo Arena is an independent site. It is not affiliated with FIFA, any federation, league, club or ticket seller, and it doesn't sell tickets or travel packages.

How is the site paid for?

WoSo Arena may show ads served by Google. Advertisers never choose topics, review articles or influence what is written. There are no sponsored posts and no affiliate links.

Found a mistake?

Please tell me. Write to talk2marcvs@gmail.com with the page and what you think is wrong, and I'll check it against the source and correct it if needed.