MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey -- and not Southern California's Rose Bowl -- will host the final of next summer's Copa America Centenario set for June 26.
The full Copa America Centenario schedule, including the match dates in each venue, will be released on Thursday, the organizing committee said in a statement.
The home of the NFL's New York Giants and New York Jets, located eight miles west of New York City, was the original choice of U.S. Soccer, which will serve as the local organizing committee for the special one-off tournament that will feature top national teams from North and South America.
CONCACAF and CONMEBOL announced the decision on the final's location on Wednesday. Since it opened in 2010, MetLife Stadium has hosted several international matches, including one between Argentina and Brazil. A total of 81,994 fans attended that match, setting a record for football attenances in the state of New Jersey.
The Rose Bowl, which hosted the World Cup final in 1994, was an early front-runner to host the championship match, just before it was announced that the competition would go ahead as planned following doubts in the wake of the FIFA corruption scandal.
MetLife's artificial turf field would have to be covered with temporary grass for the event, one source told ESPN FC.
The 16-team competition is scheduled to take place in 12 cities across the U.S. next June. At least 10 have already been locked in.
Ten teams from South America and six from CONCACAF will compete in the tournament: United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the winners of the Panama vs. Cuba and Trinidad-Tobago-Haiti playoffs set for Jan. 8 in Panama.
The host metropolitan areas and respective stadiums are: Boston (Gillette Stadium), Chicago (Soldier Field), Houston (NRG Stadium), Los Angeles (Rose Bowl), New York (MetLife Stadium), Orlando (Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium), Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field), Phoenix (University of Phoenix Stadium), San Francisco (Levi's Stadium) and Seattle (CenturyLink Field). Similar to the FIFA World Cup, each venue will host matches on multiple days through the tournament. Most venues will host at least three games.