It took Anne-Marie Seessle all of three hours to pull the trigger on a ticket. She couldn’t exactly pass this opportunity up.

After all, there will likely never be another occasion in her lifetime that Germany, the team she’s been cheering for since she learned how to walk, will play in the World Cup in Toronto .

“It’s one of the most exciting moments of my life,” Seessle said moments after FIFA announced Saturday that Germany would face the Ivory Coast in Toronto in June 2026. “It kind of makes me emotional, honestly.”

BMO Field, which will be called Toronto Stadium during the World Cup, will play host to six matches during the tournament — five of which were finalized Saturday in a FIFA ceremony in Washington, D.C.

In addition to Germany and the Ivory Coast, Toronto will host Ghana

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