FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[Naficopa]

Yes, in fact FIFA always makes reviews throughout the 4 years of construction of the World Cup and makes inspections with experts and they always keep their reports, in fact when things don't add up they are capable of taking away the venues, as happened in some sub 17 tournaments, now for the World Cup the demanding standards are higher, so the World Cup has to guarantee the highest quality in the stadiums and in the main soccer regulations, these things will always exist, I imagine that in every World Cup new things come up, and hosts have to meet those demands.

The quality of the stadiums and any other facilities should be obviously higher than the last world cup we saw because four years passed and we can have better technologies for stadiums and this can definitely help the hosts, while in some countries they don't have a good financial system like Qatar does, they can't provide good quality facilities if they don't already have enough facilities.

The USA and Mexico have already hosted the world cup, so both of them must have had good experience regarding the quality of stadiums at world cup events

while Canada has never hosted a world cup, so Canada has to learn from other countries that have hosted it (host the world cup) about how the quality of the stadium

The countries that host the next World Cup may face some problems as they are new. However, I hope that the FIFA authorities will arrange all the issues. But I think no country like Qatar can host World Cup.

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[Daniel91]

Yes, in fact FIFA always makes reviews throughout the 4 years of construction of the World Cup and makes inspections with experts and they always keep their reports, in fact when things don't add up they are capable of taking away the venues, as happened in some sub 17 tournaments, now for the World Cup the demanding standards are higher, so the World Cup has to guarantee the highest quality in the stadiums and in the main soccer regulations, these things will always exist, I imagine that in every World Cup new things come up, and hosts have to meet those demands.

The quality of the stadiums and any other facilities should be obviously higher than the last world cup we saw because four years passed and we can have better technologies for stadiums and this can definitely help the hosts, while in some countries they don't have a good financial system like Qatar does, they can't provide good quality facilities if they don't already have enough facilities.

The USA and Mexico have already hosted the world cup, so both of them must have had good experience regarding the quality of stadiums at world cup events

while Canada has never hosted a world cup, so Canada has to learn from other countries that have hosted it (host the world cup) about how the quality of the stadium

Yes, right, but that was a long time ago. USA organized the world cup in 1994 and Mexico in 1986. Those stadiums are already old and probably need to be renovated. In addition, there were much fewer participants in the competition then.
I assume that new stadiums will need to be built, and the costs of the competition will be much higher than 30 years ago.
I believe there won't be many World Cup matches in Canada.
Organizationally and financially, it has become almost impossible for 1 country to organize a world cup.

[tazmantasik]

Seems previous World Cup in Qatar has good qualities stadium than United State, Canada and Mexico, I can't imagine what FIFA decision or reason choosing North America because there are football is not popular spot exactly in United State they basket ball are most favorite sport. Talking about Major League Soccer seems not excited yet and FIFA have responsibility later if World Cup matches not excited and stadium full like in Qatar. Have two years later for the host preparing good stadium and seems they have enough team for rebuilding with stadium and infrastructure.

[Leviathan.007]

Seems previous World Cup in Qatar has good qualities stadium than United State, Canada and Mexico, I can't imagine what FIFA decision or reason choosing North America because there are football is not popular spot exactly in United State they basket ball are most favorite sport. Talking about Major League Soccer seems not excited yet and FIFA have responsibility later if World Cup matches not excited and stadium full like in Qatar. Have two years later for the host preparing good stadium and seems they have enough team for rebuilding with stadium and infrastructure.

In the previous world cup, Qatar didn't have good-quality stadiums, and that's why they had to spend lots of money to build sports facilities, but in America and Canada they won't have this problem and the only thing the next world cup host should do is to repair the existing stadiums also I'm sure we are going to see stadiums with higher quality.

[Hispo]

Seems previous World Cup in Qatar has good qualities stadium than United State, Canada and Mexico, I can't imagine what FIFA decision or reason choosing North America because there are football is not popular spot exactly in United State they basket ball are most favorite sport. Talking about Major League Soccer seems not excited yet and FIFA have responsibility later if World Cup matches not excited and stadium full like in Qatar. Have two years later for the host preparing good stadium and seems they have enough team for rebuilding with stadium and infrastructure.

I highly disagree, I believe we will find structures of better quality in the World Cup when it takes place in North America, there were many rumors about the bad quality of the infrastructure in Qatar, specially for the rooms and places were fans were supposed to stay during the tournament. Not even mentioning the people who lost their life building those buildings for the powerful elite there.

In North America there will be more safety, regulation, and freedom to eat, drink and wear whatever people feel like.

Also, in USA and Canada there is a very important population of Latinos who are obviously very passionate for Football, even over Baseball and basketball. 

[safari88]

Seems previous World Cup in Qatar has good qualities stadium than United State, Canada and Mexico, I can't imagine what FIFA decision or reason choosing North America because there are football is not popular spot exactly in United State they basket ball are most favorite sport. Talking about Major League Soccer seems not excited yet and FIFA have responsibility later if World Cup matches not excited and stadium full like in Qatar. Have two years later for the host preparing good stadium and seems they have enough team for rebuilding with stadium and infrastructure.

I highly disagree, I believe we will find structures of better quality in the World Cup when it takes place in North America, there were many rumors about the bad quality of the infrastructure in Qatar, specially for the rooms and places were fans were supposed to stay during the tournament. Not even mentioning the people who lost their life building those buildings for the powerful elite there.

In North America there will be more safety, regulation, and freedom to eat, drink and wear whatever people feel like.

Also, in USA and Canada there is a very important population of Latinos who are obviously very passionate for Football, even over Baseball and basketball. 

Still far away, the only advantage is that no stadiums will be built, unlike what we have seen with Qatar? I'm curious how the organization will be, logistically it doesn't seem ideal to organize a World Cup in 3 different countries. And the scope is of course also gigantic in these 3 countries, so that is quite a challenge in that respect. But 2026, that's still 3.5 years away. We just finished the World Cup 5 months ago. That someone has had the motivation to make a thread about the 2026 World Cup. The focus of European countries will be on the European Championship in 2024 of course. Who would actually be the favorite for the 2026 World Cup? Perhaps Germany will have put together a nice team again by then. After the failure of the last 2 World Cups.

[tusandii]

Seems previous World Cup in Qatar has good qualities stadium than United State, Canada and Mexico, I can't imagine what FIFA decision or reason choosing North America because there are football is not popular spot exactly in United State they basket ball are most favorite sport. Talking about Major League Soccer seems not excited yet and FIFA have responsibility later if World Cup matches not excited and stadium full like in Qatar. Have two years later for the host preparing good stadium and seems they have enough team for rebuilding with stadium and infrastructure.

Obviously Qatar has a better quality stadium than the three countries that will be used as hosts for the upcoming 2026 World Cup because Qatar dares to prepare everything even using a sizable budget just to be able to provide the best place for the World Cup to take place.
We don't know whether the United States, Canada and Mexico will also do the same as Qatar or not because there is still a long way to go for the next World Cup.
FIFA chose the three countries, there must be a reason and purpose, so we can't just give criticism without being based on real information.
Just hope that the next World Cup will be better than the previous one.

[RealMalatesta]

~snip~
The quality of the stadiums and any other facilities should be obviously higher than the last world cup we saw because four years passed and we can have better technologies for stadiums and this can definitely help the hosts, while in some countries they don't have a good financial system like Qatar does, they can't provide good quality facilities if they don't already have enough facilities.

Well, 2 out of the 3 countries have already hosted the world cup in the past, Mexico and the US. So basically there's a big chance they would just be reusing their current infrastructure.

I don't think they're going to spend too much making new stadiums or renovating old ones.

Most of the time it's not about stadiums, it's about other stuff as well. Qatar didn't spent 200 billion on stadiums, not even close, that was just a few billion dollars and all the others went to many more airports (or renovation to the current ones) state of the art hospitals, with literally everything you could ever imagine and not just one, nearly a dozen, roads that would be not just regular roads, but bridges and sea tunnels and so forth as well. Basically they built the nation from ground up.

So, USA and Mexico and Canada could end up still spending billions on this. Russia had stadiums too, but spent nearly 20 billion on this, why? Because they needed to be ready for all those people coming in. You need to remember that in most of the time you do not expect tens of millions of people to come and go in a month period, that's extra and that requires getting ready.

[Hispo]

Seems previous World Cup in Qatar has good qualities stadium than United State, Canada and Mexico, I can't imagine what FIFA decision or reason choosing North America because there are football is not popular spot exactly in United State they basket ball are most favorite sport. Talking about Major League Soccer seems not excited yet and FIFA have responsibility later if World Cup matches not excited and stadium full like in Qatar. Have two years later for the host preparing good stadium and seems they have enough team for rebuilding with stadium and infrastructure.

I highly disagree, I believe we will find structures of better quality in the World Cup when it takes place in North America, there were many rumors about the bad quality of the infrastructure in Qatar, specially for the rooms and places were fans were supposed to stay during the tournament. Not even mentioning the people who lost their life building those buildings for the powerful elite there.

In North America there will be more safety, regulation, and freedom to eat, drink and wear whatever people feel like.

Also, in USA and Canada there is a very important population of Latinos who are obviously very passionate for Football, even over Baseball and basketball. 

Still far away, the only advantage is that no stadiums will be built, unlike what we have seen with Qatar? I'm curious how the organization will be, logistically it doesn't seem ideal to organize a World Cup in 3 different countries. And the scope is of course also gigantic in these 3 countries, so that is quite a challenge in that respect. But 2026, that's still 3.5 years away. We just finished the World Cup 5 months ago. That someone has had the motivation to make a thread about the 2026 World Cup. The focus of European countries will be on the European Championship in 2024 of course. Who would actually be the favorite for the 2026 World Cup? Perhaps Germany will have put together a nice team again by then. After the failure of the last 2 World Cups.

The organization should not be a problem beyond the necessary logistics for those who need to move from country to country and the papers they may need to do so. Including the teams.

It is a topic we have already touched here in this thread, how the immigration policy of the United States will play a role onto the way people may or may not take part in this big event. I would have preferred if they chose only one host, instead doing this, let us see how it ends up.

I won't call the German selection a failure, because there are worse examples where to take examples from.

[shogun47]

~snip~
The quality of the stadiums and any other facilities should be obviously higher than the last world cup we saw because four years passed and we can have better technologies for stadiums and this can definitely help the hosts, while in some countries they don't have a good financial system like Qatar does, they can't provide good quality facilities if they don't already have enough facilities.

Well, 2 out of the 3 countries have already hosted the world cup in the past, Mexico and the US. So basically there's a big chance they would just be reusing their current infrastructure.

I don't think they're going to spend too much making new stadiums or renovating old ones.

Most of the time it's not about stadiums, it's about other stuff as well. Qatar didn't spent 200 billion on stadiums, not even close, that was just a few billion dollars and all the others went to many more airports (or renovation to the current ones) state of the art hospitals, with literally everything you could ever imagine and not just one, nearly a dozen, roads that would be not just regular roads, but bridges and sea tunnels and so forth as well. Basically they built the nation from ground up.

So, USA and Mexico and Canada could end up still spending billions on this. Russia had stadiums too, but spent nearly 20 billion on this, why? Because they needed to be ready for all those people coming in. You need to remember that in most of the time you do not expect tens of millions of people to come and go in a month period, that's extra and that requires getting ready.

These tournaments are also economic catalysts to some degree, but I think in terms of infrastructure Canada and the USA will be mostly fine already, although I think any event of that magnitude will require infrastructure improvements and adjustments no matter what. Even if it is only for the reason that nothing has been renewed for a long time and additionally, security standards and also quality standards might have risen over time and must now be complied with under a new set of rules and conditions.

I think having Mexico on board is really a good outcome of the whole decision because the countries that are not as rich will benefit from the cooperative effort with nations that are in a better situation. Mexico is also a great soccer nation and I think the mix has been chosen well with the three countries. It sounds tempting to go there and watch one game in each country. It would be an amazing couple of weeks, but getting tickets is probably close to impossible.

[Cryptock]

Again we are talking about Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, I'm sure these two players were perfect players for ways in any team they were playing but both players are getting old and specialty Ronaldo can't have a good performance anymore like he was playing in Real Madrid and after three years I'm sure both players will have even worst performance. We had even more famous players they got retired and other younger players could replace them there is no need to worry about these two players in the 2026 world cup.

We are talking about an event that is scheduled to take place after 3 years from now. In case of Ronaldo, I am 99% sure that he will not be participating. For all practical purposes, he has moved to Saudi Arabia and Euro 2024 (in case Portugal manages to qualify) maybe his last major tournament for Portugal. In case of Messi, I am a bit more optimistic. As the captain of the winning side in 2022, it is his responsibility to defend the trophy in 2026. So the chances are higher that Messi will participate in FIFA World Cup 2026.

Ronaldo is in any case motivated to participate. At the last World Cup he seemed to have passed completely, was almost not used at the tournament. After that he just participated in the qualifying matches for the European Championship. It is difficult to determine whether he will play. After all, if we are going to play the World Cup then we will be 3 years further then you will have reached an age physically that it will be almost impossible to play football at a high level. Just look at Ibrahimovic, he still has a nice level, but he will not reach the old level. Ronaldo is one of the fittest players of his age out there. That helps of course.

You got the point. i love Ronaldo for so many reasons.
His fitness and strength is really worth looking at. The only person I like in soccer is Ranldo and that is all I love about football

[og kush420]

^^^ LOL.. this shogun dude got it all wrong. Check the article again, shogun47. It is from 2018. Back then it was the plan. FIFA wanted to have 16 groups of 3 teams each and the total number of matches was set at 80. But after Qatar 2022, FIFA changed the format for the 2026 World Cup and went back to 4-team per group setting. This was done in order to avoid strong teams from getting kicked out of the world cup, in case they have the misfortune of suffering one or two upset results. For a more updated news article, you can refer this one. This is from 2023, and not from 2018:

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2023/3/14/fifa-confirms-expanded-2026-world-cup-with-record-104-matches

Oh I know where my mistake was, it was initially the plan for the FIFA World Cup 2026 to go with 16 groups and 3 teams each, but they changed it as it was a pending amendment. Seems that one of the sources I looked at also got it wrong.



Thank you for pointing it out and I will correct it in a moment.

it is on our mind already - it takes years to prepare for the event and it ends in a few weeks.
looking fwd to the great event ahead. Will this forum continue for next years? How long can a thread last?

[nullama]

~snip~
These tournaments are also economic catalysts to some degree, but I think in terms of infrastructure Canada and the USA will be mostly fine already, although I think any event of that magnitude will require infrastructure improvements and adjustments no matter what. Even if it is only for the reason that nothing has been renewed for a long time and additionally, security standards and also quality standards might have risen over time and must now be complied with under a new set of rules and conditions.

I think having Mexico on board is really a good outcome of the whole decision because the countries that are not as rich will benefit from the cooperative effort with nations that are in a better situation. Mexico is also a great soccer nation and I think the mix has been chosen well with the three countries. It sounds tempting to go there and watch one game in each country. It would be an amazing couple of weeks, but getting tickets is probably close to impossible.

The thing is that by far most matches will be played in the US, something like 80% of them, so I'm not sure it would be easy to get one match in each country.

Also you will have to get three different visas, and accommodation in three different countries.

I will probably be a very expensive way of watching the tournament. Fun of course, but expensive.

[keyscore44]

~snip~
These tournaments are also economic catalysts to some degree, but I think in terms of infrastructure Canada and the USA will be mostly fine already, although I think any event of that magnitude will require infrastructure improvements and adjustments no matter what. Even if it is only for the reason that nothing has been renewed for a long time and additionally, security standards and also quality standards might have risen over time and must now be complied with under a new set of rules and conditions.

I think having Mexico on board is really a good outcome of the whole decision because the countries that are not as rich will benefit from the cooperative effort with nations that are in a better situation. Mexico is also a great soccer nation and I think the mix has been chosen well with the three countries. It sounds tempting to go there and watch one game in each country. It would be an amazing couple of weeks, but getting tickets is probably close to impossible.

The thing is that by far most matches will be played in the US, something like 80% of them, so I'm not sure it would be easy to get one match in each country.

Also you will have to get three different visas, and accommodation in three different countries.

I will probably be a very expensive way of watching the tournament. Fun of course, but expensive.

I think it is impossible to say how the next World Cup will be. Because I think no other country can host the World Cup like Qatar. Because Qatar spent a lot of money. But hopefully we will see something new in the next World Cup.

[Leviathan.007]

~snip~
These tournaments are also economic catalysts to some degree, but I think in terms of infrastructure Canada and the USA will be mostly fine already, although I think any event of that magnitude will require infrastructure improvements and adjustments no matter what. Even if it is only for the reason that nothing has been renewed for a long time and additionally, security standards and also quality standards might have risen over time and must now be complied with under a new set of rules and conditions.

I think having Mexico on board is really a good outcome of the whole decision because the countries that are not as rich will benefit from the cooperative effort with nations that are in a better situation. Mexico is also a great soccer nation and I think the mix has been chosen well with the three countries. It sounds tempting to go there and watch one game in each country. It would be an amazing couple of weeks, but getting tickets is probably close to impossible.

The thing is that by far most matches will be played in the US, something like 80% of them, so I'm not sure it would be easy to get one match in each country.

Also you will have to get three different visas, and accommodation in three different countries.

I will probably be a very expensive way of watching the tournament. Fun of course, but expensive.

I think it is impossible to say how the next World Cup will be. Because I think no other country can host the World Cup like Qatar. Because Qatar spent a lot of money. But hopefully we will see something new in the next World Cup.

I disagree with you and anyone who says the Qatar world cup was the best experience, hosting a world cup is not just about spending lots of money, It's about keeping people happy and letting visitors have a good experience while in Qatar people visiting this country were unhappy about rules and it couldn't be the best experience.

[Daniel91]

~snip~
These tournaments are also economic catalysts to some degree, but I think in terms of infrastructure Canada and the USA will be mostly fine already, although I think any event of that magnitude will require infrastructure improvements and adjustments no matter what. Even if it is only for the reason that nothing has been renewed for a long time and additionally, security standards and also quality standards might have risen over time and must now be complied with under a new set of rules and conditions.

I think having Mexico on board is really a good outcome of the whole decision because the countries that are not as rich will benefit from the cooperative effort with nations that are in a better situation. Mexico is also a great soccer nation and I think the mix has been chosen well with the three countries. It sounds tempting to go there and watch one game in each country. It would be an amazing couple of weeks, but getting tickets is probably close to impossible.

The thing is that by far most matches will be played in the US, something like 80% of them, so I'm not sure it would be easy to get one match in each country.

Also you will have to get three different visas, and accommodation in three different countries.

I will probably be a very expensive way of watching the tournament. Fun of course, but expensive.

I think it is impossible to say how the next World Cup will be. Because I think no other country can host the World Cup like Qatar. Because Qatar spent a lot of money. But hopefully we will see something new in the next World Cup.

I disagree with you and anyone who says the Qatar world cup was the best experience, hosting a world cup is not just about spending lots of money, It's about keeping people happy and letting visitors have a good experience while in Qatar people visiting this country were unhappy about rules and it couldn't be the best experience.

I personally believe that the World Cup in Qatar was a great experience for FIFA because of the huge profits, and also for the organizers because of the international promotion of an actually non-democratic and authoritarian state.
As for the fans, the question is how satisfied they actually were. They had alcohol restrictions, traveling was very expensive as was staying in Qatar and I believe the average fan was not very happy about that.
Obviously, FIFA wants richer fans who cause less trouble at matches and bring more profit

[Theones]

I agree that respecting the rules of the country you are visiting is important, but I also believe that certain changes should be made to accommodate the visitors during the world cup events.

It's good to know that the Qatar world cup was peaceful and there were no issues related to alcohol consumption. Maybe other countries can learn from Qatar's rules and implement similar ones to control alcohol consumption and prevent any issues during the events.

Everyone should admit that fact that Qatar was phenomenal and how things went smooth because of no alcohol policy and they should learn from  them and take it as an example that to organize a smooth peaceful event where different countries  cultures and religion have to come face to face for month or two how things can be arranged in a good way.

Even the alcohol policy is been given relaxation to give the best experience to the international audience visiting the country. Separate place were allocated for them and certain time limits were also mentioned. This is really good and helps avoid unwanted issues arising between. In most people's case, alcohol is being consumed as medicine that helps them to be more expressive.  Allowing with limits is always needed.

the root cause of all the problems is alcohol and that is the real truth

[Cryptock]

~snip~
These tournaments are also economic catalysts to some degree, but I think in terms of infrastructure Canada and the USA will be mostly fine already, although I think any event of that magnitude will require infrastructure improvements and adjustments no matter what. Even if it is only for the reason that nothing has been renewed for a long time and additionally, security standards and also quality standards might have risen over time and must now be complied with under a new set of rules and conditions.

I think having Mexico on board is really a good outcome of the whole decision because the countries that are not as rich will benefit from the cooperative effort with nations that are in a better situation. Mexico is also a great soccer nation and I think the mix has been chosen well with the three countries. It sounds tempting to go there and watch one game in each country. It would be an amazing couple of weeks, but getting tickets is probably close to impossible.

The thing is that by far most matches will be played in the US, something like 80% of them, so I'm not sure it would be easy to get one match in each country.

Also you will have to get three different visas, and accommodation in three different countries.

I will probably be a very expensive way of watching the tournament. Fun of course, but expensive.

I think it is impossible to say how the next World Cup will be. Because I think no other country can host the World Cup like Qatar. Because Qatar spent a lot of money. But hopefully we will see something new in the next World Cup.

You got the point here - that was the best world cup organized so far. Qatar address the most common problems going on these days number one being drinking and second being adultery - that is banned there - and hence the peace

[og kush420]

Yes, in fact FIFA always makes reviews throughout the 4 years of construction of the World Cup and makes inspections with experts and they always keep their reports, in fact when things don't add up they are capable of taking away the venues, as happened in some sub 17 tournaments, now for the World Cup the demanding standards are higher, so the World Cup has to guarantee the highest quality in the stadiums and in the main soccer regulations, these things will always exist, I imagine that in every World Cup new things come up, and hosts have to meet those demands.

The quality of the stadiums and any other facilities should be obviously higher than the last world cup we saw because four years passed and we can have better technologies for stadiums and this can definitely help the hosts, while in some countries they don't have a good financial system like Qatar does, they can't provide good quality facilities if they don't already have enough facilities.

I still wonder what gives FIFA the unwarranted reason to change the football's narrative, letting many countries host the World Cup will not be cost-effective to viewers who make themselves physically available. But this might be more money for FIFA which might be their plan. I will be folding my hands as things unfold, but they will not be able to deliver extras more than what they've been doing in the past.

It's a litmus test though, I hope it's worth it more than before. And as for the quality of stadiums, I bet the US is qualified, no wonder more matches would be played there. So qualified are Canada and Mexico, but playing lower hosts perhaps due to their capabilities.

nailed it - obviously America and Canada are the great countries. But Qatar was no less than them. They have progressed in all phases of life and they have not kept anything for themselves. They even donated the temporary residential spaces to turkey after the earth quack

[bitgov]

Yes, in fact FIFA always makes reviews throughout the 4 years of construction of the World Cup and makes inspections with experts and they always keep their reports, in fact when things don't add up they are capable of taking away the venues, as happened in some sub 17 tournaments, now for the World Cup the demanding standards are higher, so the World Cup has to guarantee the highest quality in the stadiums and in the main soccer regulations, these things will always exist, I imagine that in every World Cup new things come up, and hosts have to meet those demands.

The quality of the stadiums and any other facilities should be obviously higher than the last world cup we saw because four years passed and we can have better technologies for stadiums and this can definitely help the hosts, while in some countries they don't have a good financial system like Qatar does, they can't provide good quality facilities if they don't already have enough facilities.

I still wonder what gives FIFA the unwarranted reason to change the football's narrative, letting many countries host the World Cup will not be cost-effective to viewers who make themselves physically available. But this might be more money for FIFA which might be their plan. I will be folding my hands as things unfold, but they will not be able to deliver extras more than what they've been doing in the past.

It's a litmus test though, I hope it's worth it more than before. And as for the quality of stadiums, I bet the US is qualified, no wonder more matches would be played there. So qualified are Canada and Mexico, but playing lower hosts perhaps due to their capabilities.

nailed it - obviously America and Canada are the great countries. But Qatar was no less than them. They have progressed in all phases of life and they have not kept anything for themselves. They even donated the temporary residential spaces to turkey after the earth quack

In fact, only after hosting the next World Cup will we understand how these countries are able to host compared to Qatar. But I think as the whole world is progressing day by day hopefully we will see some amazing surprises even if the next World Cup is held in three countries.