World Cup 2026: Donald Trump attendance means hours of queues for final in New Jersey

The stadium has two levels of security managed by both the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

The latter is generally responsible for the security of airports in the United States; fans and media are forced to pass through airport security-style scanners.

One of the media members said that they were told to go to a different queue when they reached the entrance because there was no security dog ​​at the door to search the bags.

World Cup volunteers at the ground told BBC Sport that the number of people arriving before the match was much higher than at the previous seven matches at the stadium.

The gates opened for fans at 11am local time – four hours before kick-off – and more gates were opened occasionally to ease congestion.

At this stage, it is not thought that there will be any delay in the kick-off or any disruption in the match.