Western Republic National Football Team

Team Western Republic, officially known as the Western Republic National Football Team, nicknamed the Westmen, is the national soccer team of the Western Republic.

It is broadcast by the Western Broadcasting Corporation.

History
The Western Republic National Football Team was founded in 1973. They played their first game against Team Chicago in the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, and won 2-1.

The Western Republic hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The venues for the tournament included the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the Stanford Stadium in Stanford, the Husky Stadium in Seattle, the former Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, and BC Place in Seattle.

In 2014, Team Western Republic were looking to build a new stadium with a capacity of over 100,000 somewhere in the Western Republic. In February 2015, they announced that they would build a new 105,000 seater stadium in Calgary, Alberta, the nation's capital. The stadium was originally called the "Calgary Stadium", until September 2016 when they would rename it to the Western National Stadium. The Western National Stadium opened in October 2017.

The Western Republic, Texavia, and Canotia submitted a bid together to the bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Western Republic's venues included the Western National Stadium in Calgary, Hollywood Park in Los Angeles, the Mile High Stadium in Denver, the Levi's Stadium in San Francisco, CenturyLink Field in Seattle, and the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Texavia's venues included the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the NRG Stadium in Houston, and the Alamodome in Sint Ansfried. Canotia's venues included the Montreal Olympic Stadium in Montreal, the TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, and BMO Field in Toronto. On June 13, 2018, it was announced that their bid had won, and the three of them would host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The Western Republic also hosted the NSAC American Cup 2018, with eight venues. These venues were the Western National Stadium in Calgary, the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, the Mile High Stadium in Denver, the Las Vegas Stadium in Las Vegas, CenturyLink Field in Seattle, the Boeing Stadium in San Diego, BC Place in Vancouver, and the Mosaic Stadium in Regina.

Venues
Team Western Republic has twenty main venues. The largest venue in the country is the Western National Stadium in Calgary, the nation's capital.