FIFA World Cup '26: News & Analysis

Time for a new thread now that the 2026 WC has been awarded. Any chance that Vancouver returns to the fold as a host city?

Especially since Seattle is still in the running.. While I think having Vancouver and Seattle hosting would be amazing for purely selfish reasons, I'm not sure FIFA would want 2 cities in a relatively "low" population area hosting when there are other areas they could host in and have the same, or larger, footprint.My thoughts exactly. Seattle lies between Portland and Vancouver so it's a better site overall.

looks more and more like 10 US cities only. would mean 10 stadiums only as well unless they use two LA stadiums. and FIFA will be strogly involved, more than majority thinks!

Ideas for the official mascot:Seriously - I thought the mascot had already been released. J

This is my picks for American venues: Atlanta Boston Dallas Houston Los Angeles Miami New York San Francisco Seattle Washington DC You really think we're getting two venues in the same state?

You really think we're getting two venues in the same state?To get the bump from being so close to Mexico? Sure.

And for Canada

No. With only 16 final host cities to be selected and 23 in consideration, no way in hell would FIFA or the United Bid Committee consider cities that opted out from the start. At best, Vancouver could present its candidacy to host some of the WCQ playoffs. If anything, I've been wondering how the distribution of games will work. 80/16 = 5; if all the venues get the same number of games, then we might be looking at only two venues each in Canada and Mexico (since they're getting 10 games total). If that happens, then Canda's games are 99.9% booked for Toronto and Montreal.take a look into united 2026 bidbook, there is even a provisional schedule in there

Another curious aspect of that schedule: presuming that Canada and Mexico are A1 and E1 (respectively), they have to win their groups to stay home through the R16. If Mexico finish second, they're heading stateside; if Canada finish second, they have to go down to Mexico.

Here's the proposed schedule from the Bid Book mentioned above.

Another curious aspect of that schedule: presuming that Canada and Mexico are A1 and E1 (respectively), they have to win their groups to stay home through the R16. If Mexico finish second, they're heading stateside; if Canada finish second, they have to go down to Mexico.Canada can also stay home by finishing third (the most likely scenario).

This has to be my favorite thread in this section of all time. Beautiful.

Here's the proposed schedule from the Bid Book mentioned above. playing the final in two legs in two consecutive days? insane!

On the other hand it's good there's no 3rd place playoff.

Who's to say if California will still be one state by then So true. Who knows what cities FIFA will choose. They could go totally rogue and choose all sites from cities not on the list.

I expect the 3 host national teams will go for vintage jerseys, especially Mexico with its 1986 jerseys and the USA with its 1994 jerseys.It could be more modern versions of these jerseys.