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Politico: US, Canada and Mexico to host 2026 World Cup

Published June 13, 2018. Updated June 13 at 4:36 pm

The United 2026 bid (Canada-Mexico-US) officials Carlos Cordeiro (2nd L), president of the United States Football Association, president of the Mexican Football Association Decio de Maria Serrano (2nd R) and Steve Reed (L), president of the Canadian Soccer Association, react following the announcement that the United States, Mexico and Canada will host the 2026 World Cup during the 68th FIFA Congress at the Expocentre in Moscow on June 13, 2018.

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The 2026 football World Cup will be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose joint bid edged out Morocco in a vote June 13.

On the eve of this year’s event in Russia, the national federations of FIFA, the sport’s governing body, voted 134-65 in favor of the “United Bid.”