At a press conference on Monday, April 10, 2017 hosted by the
federations of the three countries at One World Observatory in New York,
the United States, Mexico and Canada launched a joint bid to host the
2026 World Cup.
The United States Soccer Federation President Sunil
Gulati said; “the President of the United States is fully supportive and
encouraged us to have this joint bid. He is especially pleased that
Mexico is part of this bid and that’s in the last few days we’ve gotten
further encouragement on that”.
FIFA, soccer’s governing body, is expected to name the host for 2026 in
May 2020, which is the final year of Trump’s first presidential term.
The only other time multiple nations have hosted the World Cup was in
2002, when it was held in South Korea and Japan. In January, FIFA
announced it would expand the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams starting
from 2026.