World Cup 2026 sets all-time attendance record with 3,605,357 spectators

Thursday's World Cup match between Ecuador and Germany featured an additional highlight pertaining to the 2026 World Cup as a whole. The Group E match played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. was played before 80,663 spectators. That crowd total boosted the total attendance of the 2026 World Cup matches to 3,605,357, setting a new all-time record, according to FIFA.The previous attendance record of 3,587,538 was also set in the United States during the 1994 World Cup. But with the 2026