FIFA has announced the 11 cities that will host the 2026 World Cup.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup host cities have been announced, making a total of eleven (yes, eleven).
The United States, Canada, and Mexico will all serve as hosts for what is formally the first event that will be split among three nations.
With 48 teams instead of 32, there will be 60 matches played in the United States, including the semifinals, final, and quarterfinals.Ten games each will be played in Canada and Mexico in the interim.
Now that the precise host cities have been revealed, excitement is high across America among fans.
The two biggest cities in the country will have a significant role to play, with either Los Angeles or New York likely to host the grand finale.
Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle will be the locations of the additional venues.
The Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver will host games, and Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey in Mexico will also take part. Many US hosts anticipate taking advantage of their huge, cutting-edge American Football fields.The competition will be substantially different from the previous World Cup these countries hosted. Only 24 teams participated across nine venues in America in 1994, when Diana Ross made history by missing her penalty during the opening ceremony.
Ross' attempt from the penalty spot will go down in history, but it wasn't the worst penalty the tournament saw.
Italy was coerced into the championship game by Roberto Baggio, who then pulled out his pitching wedge and blasted the fifth and final penalty of the shootout over the crossbar.It meant that Brazil was declared the winner in front of a sold-out Rose Bowl crowd in Pasadena.
Before that, Mexico hosted a World Cup, which England fans won't likely remember too fondly. At least this time, unlike in 1994, we qualified.
When Diego Maradona displayed the "Hand of God" before possibly scoring the greatest World Cup goal ever, Three Lions fans got to experience the true highs and lows of football in the course of 90 minutes.Let's avoid that topic, however.
It was a remarkable competition, regardless of the outcome, with the Argentine magician leading his nation to victory in the sweltering heat of Mexico.
Ironically, that same individual failed a drug test at the 1994 World Cup and was frog-marched off the field by a nurse.
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