The NFL is looking to hold eight international games next season including a possible first foray into Ireland, commissioner Roger Goodell said on Sunday, as the league’s push to expand its footprint outside the U.S. shows no signs of letting up.
The NFL held the last of its five international matchups on Sunday – a Carolina Panthers 20-17 overtime win over the New York Giants in Munich – and has previously said it would host a game in Madrid in 2025 at the iconic Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
“We are definitely going to Spain, we announced that,” Goodell told NFL Network in Munich on Sunday.
“We expect to return to Mexico City. We expect to return to Brazil. We will certainly be back in the U.K. And we’re also looking at the potential of another game in the U.K. area – in Ireland, possibly,” he said.
“That’s a possibility. And we’ll certainly be back here in Germany. So if that total is eight, that’s what we’re shooting for.”
Goodell on Saturday said the NFL is working to hold a game in Berlin next season after playing this year’s matchup at the home of German soccer club Bayern Munich.
The NFL made its South American debut with a game at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo during Week One in September.
Despite its aggressive approach to raising its profile around the world, the league last month said it has no near-term plans to hold its biggest annual event, the Super Bowl, outside the U.S.
By LEOCCIANO CALLAO Published: 17:24 GMT, 7 March 2025 | Updated: 17:47 GMT, 7 March 2025
No, that’s not a bee you’re hearing. That’s the sound of the buzz following former Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Hairston after an impressive performance i
NFL NationCloseNFL NationNFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ES
After six seasons in a 49ers uniform, Deebo Samuel is getting a change of scenery.The 49ers agreed to flip their longtime offensive