It was a Thursday night in Inglewood, and SoFi Stadium had traded its usual NFL crowd for something closer to an Oscars after-party with corner kicks. The USA-Turkey World Cup group-stage match drew one of the more eye-catching celebrity lineups of the tournament, with Brad Pitt and Paris Hilton among those filling the premium sections as the two sides played out what Page Six described on June 26 as a nail-biting contest.
Pitt, currently one of the more recognizable faces in any room on earth, was spotted in the stands alongside a cluster of other A-list attendees, the full roster of whom Page Six catalogued in real time. Hilton, never one to underplay an occasion, brought the kind of visible enthusiasm that tends to find its way into the match-night photo galleries whether she plans it or not.
The setting did some of the work. SoFi Stadium, which opened in 2020 and seats just over 70,000, has become one of the signature North American venues of FIFA World Cup 2026, and the tournament's organizers have made no secret of leaning into the entertainment-industry crossover that comes with hosting fixtures in Los Angeles. A World Cup game in Inglewood is, functionally, a World Cup game in the backyard of the industry that turns attendance into content.
Team USA's group-stage run has drawn steady celebrity interest across venues, but the Turkey fixture appears to have landed at the higher end of the star-wattage scale. The tournament continues through July.