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POND_OF_RED · 06-13-2018, 06:26 AM

MOSCOW — The United States will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup after its three-way bid – along with Mexico and Canada – was granted staging rights during a vote here on Wednesday.

The “United” bid, that will see 60 of the tournament’s games held in the U.S., with Canada and Mexico getting 10 each, beat out the underdog campaign of Morocco to bring soccer’s biggest show back to American soil.

The U.S. previously hosted in 1994 and the potential for a highly lucrative tournament, plus the existing stadiums and infrastructure, likely played a major role in swaying voters.

With the breakdown of voting results made public, the United bid claimed 134 votes, with 64 giving their support to Morocco and one country voting for neither bid.

After the U.S. men's national team missed out on qualifying for this summer’s tournament, which kicks off at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on Thursday, the news of the successful bid was a boost to frustrated American soccer fans.

Following allegations of corruption regarding the 2018 and 2022 voting process back in 2010, more than 200 member nations took part in the decision this time around, instead of a 24-person committee.

While Morocco, as expected, obtained strong support in Africa, the United bid’s power base in Central and South America, plus some welcome backing from parts of Europe and Asia, made the difference.

There had been concerns that political factors, such as the United States’ waning popularity overseas and what was perceived as an interfering tweet about the bid from President Donald Trump, would count against it.

However, the strong marks the United bid received from FIFA evaluators boosted its prospects. It is expected that both semifinals and the final will all be held in U.S. venues.

Indeed, Trump's behind-the-scenes actions may even have helped sway some key votes. The White House provided U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro with three separate letters that Cordeiro showed to delegates, containing guarantees from Trump that any immigration policies relating to predominantly Muslim countries would impose no restriction affecting the tournament.

Both bids were permitted 15 minutes to make a presentation to the FIFA members immediately before the vote. The United Bid featured a youth team player from each of the three nations, beginning with a moving tale by 17-year-old Canadian Alphonso Davies, the current Major League Soccer player of the week, about how his family had been welcomed after fleeing civil war in Africa.

The three federation chiefs also spoke, with Cordeiro strongly emphasizing the profitability of a North American tournament, promising $11 billion in revenues.

Morocco's presentation took some not-so-subtle shots at the U.S., highlighting the fact that guns are banned in Morocco and stating that during the 1994 World Cup even world-renowned soccer stars were unknown in America.

It was a solid performance by Morocco, which entered bidding late and was always going to be up against the odds. In the end it wasn't enough, and Americans fans can look forward to the return of soccer's greatest event in what can only be seen as a massive boost for the domestic game.

Prison Bitch · 06-15-2018, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RunKC

If our country loved soccer as much as the rest of the world, our best athletes would destroy every country every World Cup.

There aren't enough soccer players to be. Enter than a 300K country covered by volcanoes and ice?

Our MLS can't defeat mighty Iceland???

**notorious** · 06-15-2018, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

There aren't enough soccer players to be. Enter than a 300K country covered by volcanoes and ice?

Our MLS can't defeat mighty Iceland???

They care more. A lot more.

carcosa · 06-15-2018, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RunKC

If our country loved soccer as much as the rest of the world, our best athletes would destroy every country every World Cup.

We need a better youth development program. Soccer is taught as a way to burn off energy for little kids. The best teenage soccer players waste their time on high school teams, playing against weak competition and angling for D1 scholarships. School athletics work fine for American sports with smaller international talent pools, but not for soccer, when countries like England and Spain are having their best young players play against each other on elite club-affiliated academy teams.

**Baby Lee** · 06-15-2018, 12:45 PM

Wow, that goalkeep let a solid squad down

Nothing disabusing us of the notion that POR is a one-trick pony, though [though, what a trick].

carcosa · 06-15-2018, 12:47 PM

**Rain Man** · 06-15-2018, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by carcosa

We need a better youth development program. Soccer is taught as a way to burn off energy for little kids. The best teenage soccer players waste their time on high school teams, playing against weak competition and angling for D1 scholarships. School athletics work fine for American sports with smaller international talent pools, but not for soccer, when countries like England and Spain are having their best young players play against each other on elite club-affiliated academy teams.

It would be much easier to simply change some immigration rules.

**notorious** · 06-15-2018, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

It would be much easier to simply change some immigration rules.

**Baby Lee** · 06-15-2018, 01:13 PM

That was ART

**Baby Lee** · 06-15-2018, 01:17 PM

Shag · 06-15-2018, 01:45 PM

This POR/ESP game is unbelievable!

**Baby Lee** · 06-15-2018, 01:46 PM

WHAT THE EVERLOVING FARK!!!

Lebronaldo!!

KCUnited · 06-15-2018, 01:46 PM

That was pretty amazing.

Rudy tossed tigger's salad · 06-15-2018, 01:48 PM

A thread about the 2026 World Cup also acts as the 2018 World Cup thread? CP soccer fans are a sad bunch

banecat · 06-15-2018, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy tossed tigger's salad

A thread about the 2026 World Cup also acts as the 2018 World Cup thread? CP soccer fans are a sad bunch

Don't let them know that. Next they'll figure out that they are really only watching grass grow

BWillie · 06-15-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperBowl4

FINAL SCORE - RUSSIA 5 SAUDI ARABIA 0

How does such a lopsided game happen? I looked at this ranking site that seems to indicate these teams are within 3 spots of each other, with Saudia Arabia even higher ranked than Russia. (Maybe it is not a good ranking system?)

https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-rank...men/index.html

06-13-2018, 06:26 AM
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