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

[Japinat]

We can't easily downgrade them. Qatar doesn't had good number of infrastructure and for that reason it spend a lot as well as started its work long years back. With the upcoming FIFA World Cup host nations, they already have got good infrastructure. All that needs to be done is just making things better as people from all around the world will be visiting the country.

As said the logo doesn't had much of creativity. Just the 26 is added to showcase it to be the 2026 World Cup. Apart it is just the World Cup that is made as the logo. We don't know what relies behind, maybe it too have got wrapped meaning within it.

Seems funny when many people downgrade with Qatar as the host for FIFA World Cup 2022 from infrastructure, LGBT, drink alcohol until racism issues. I don't know why many people judge with Qatar because they have been the best host in FIFA World Cup than last several edition time with good infrastructure and nothing bad or controversial on all World Cup 2022 matches.

Depend on last FIFA World Cup edition, I think Qatar have more upgrade and beautiful infrastructure when another countries become host for FIFA World Cup, but its controversial because many people disagree with LGBT, alcoholic and not marriage can't sleep together. We have respect with other countries culture and can't change norms in force in that country.

The only reason some people so sat Qatar was a good host for the world cup was because of the money they spent for the world cup and nothing else, it doesn't matter if you build great stadiums and spend money for it if you take the freedom from people, you can't be a good host for the world cup and Qatar rules and cultures were the problems.

Fifa tournament is not just about football, it is also an event people travel to come have fun.  Qatar was good when it comes good arrangement and management but it was too strick for many visitors.  This is only the challenge that made the tournament not to be enjoyable the way it is suppose to be.

Qatar hosted the Football World Cup beautifully and the stadiums made for a beautiful sight to behold. However, many football fans could not enjoy this event properly due to some strict rules in Qatar. But hopefully in the next World Cup they will be very relaxed and football fans will be able to enjoy the World Cup very much.

Well, that's what they do and there is no question about their capacity because countries that are rich with natural gas and other mineral oils like Qatar are expected to have beautiful and extravagant infrastructures that any other countries don't offer.

But in the next world cup, it will be a different story, USA-Canada-Mexico doesn't need to prepare fully for the upcoming World Cup like building new exorbitant stadiums because they already have huge existing stadiums, especially in the Central America where they have more huge stadiums to offer for their participants and viewers plus, the people's actions will not be that kind of limited as the countries that will host the next World Cup have the fullest freedom that anyone can enjoy as long as they don't commit and do illegal actions that will cause them trouble..

[sana54210]

I think that when it is hosted in a single country is better but usually FIFA has done so when the host country has some other countries near it that love football also,I remember in 2002 this was the case and the World Cup was held in Japan and South Korea and it had a lot of contention because of the referees favoring the host countries in a clamorous way,Italy lost 3-0 to South Korea something which was unimaginable until then.That is why I am more in favor when a single country is hosting the World Cup rather than holding it with other partners which can bring us to this non grateful situations where big teams are out of the play because of referees favoring home countries,it is much better when it is just one home country. 

I agree about letting one country host the world cup instead of three countries but in fact, since we have more counties playing in the 2026 world cup maybe that's why FIFA let three countries host the world cup however, there won't be three hosts for the world cup, the country hosting the world cup in America and two other countries are just helping America.

I think it is important to remember that three nations mean a lot more things nations could offer while hosting, that is why it's being done right now. Saudi Arabia is promising a lot of stuff as a single nation for 2030 for example, but it would be like Qatar where one nation will spend so much money and time and workforce to make it happen, all these Ronaldo transfers and maybe potentially Mourinho and Messi, all those to attract people to Saudi league and make them accept 2030 as a potential.

However, would you rather have a single nation that is not ready and will get ready, or would you rather have 3 nations that is ready today? That seems like a better idea which is why I am not against it too much, this one has too much distance however, that's an issue, like two nations bordering easily could be fine, but a game at New York and a game at Mexico has so much distance.

[Cryptock]

I think the three countries hosting the world cup can be a better experience for 2026 but since the main host for the world cup is in America and most of the world cup games are in America I guess because of the potential they have in America, we are going to have a better experience in 2026 world cup.

The advantage is that of the three countries that will host the World Cup in 2026, two of them already have experience in how to host a major event such as the World Cup, and the United States will be the host for the second time as well as Mexico, even for the U.S. they have the experience in terms of hosting another event that is not less big because it is followed by many countries that are the Olympics. The experience that these two countries have will make the organization well organized so that it is comfortable not only for the spectators who will be present in their country to watch the match but especially for the players who will attend and play because they need it to be able to focus and maximize in every performance.

Of the three countries that will be the organizers, I think only the national team of Mexico and the United States will be able to gain a lot at this big event later, so it is very likely for both of them to get to the quarter-finals, while Canada will be a little different fate and if they want to a good thing they must make their national team grow from now on so that they can compete more later, but I am pretty sure they as the host will get a little ease in the draw and the support of the public will give the opportunity to these three countries to compete with the other countries in favor.

IT will be surly very expensive to have visas and accomodation at three different countries
People would visit a place of two - most of the people will be middle class like me they won't be able to afford the 3 country stay

Why do you have to visit 3 countries?, I think if you intend to watch the world cup matches live because your country's national team will play, just look at the group phase where your country will be based camp, after that if they can advance to the next round then the United States is the choice because this country has a larger portion of organizing matches than the other two countries, but if you don't have the funds for that then it's actually not a problem because matches will always be broadcast live and that's enough in my opinion because I will like that too.

that is correct - the only option for a poor person like me is to watch the broadcasted matches
because a person like me can surely not afford a visit to the expensive country like America and Canada.

[Theones]

I think that when it is hosted in a single country is better but usually FIFA has done so when the host country has some other countries near it that love football also,I remember in 2002 this was the case and the World Cup was held in Japan and South Korea and it had a lot of contention because of the referees favoring the host countries in a clamorous way,Italy lost 3-0 to South Korea something which was unimaginable until then.That is why I am more in favor when a single country is hosting the World Cup rather than holding it with other partners which can bring us to this non grateful situations where big teams are out of the play because of referees favoring home countries,it is much better when it is just one home country. 

I agree about letting one country host the world cup instead of three countries but in fact, since we have more counties playing in the 2026 world cup maybe that's why FIFA let three countries host the world cup however, there won't be three hosts for the world cup, the country hosting the world cup in America and two other countries are just helping America.

I think it is important to remember that three nations mean a lot more things nations could offer while hosting, that is why it's being done right now. Saudi Arabia is promising a lot of stuff as a single nation for 2030 for example, but it would be like Qatar where one nation will spend so much money and time and workforce to make it happen, all these Ronaldo transfers and maybe potentially Mourinho and Messi, all those to attract people to Saudi league and make them accept 2030 as a potential.

However, would you rather have a single nation that is not ready and will get ready, or would you rather have 3 nations that is ready today? That seems like a better idea which is why I am not against it too much, this one has too much distance however, that's an issue, like two nations bordering easily could be fine, but a game at New York and a game at Mexico has so much distance.

i wish there is a lucky draw before the start of the world cup and I win the draw and get a chance to visit all the tree states. Ameen

[nullama]

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that is correct - the only option for a poor person like me is to watch the broadcasted matches
because a person like me can surely not afford a visit to the expensive country like America and Canada.

The thing is that most people in the world, by far, will be watching the world cup in some kind of broadcast way. Either at home, at a bar, or through the internet.

It's probably one of the main ways for them to make money. Everyone pays for it in advertisement.

[LUCKMCFLY]

2030 is being chased by Saudi Arabia, one of the main reasons why they got Ronaldo as well, they want Ronaldo to basically talk about how it would be great to host it. When you consider how much money nations can make from world cup, billions and billions of dollars, if paying Ronaldo 200-300 million to get it, then it would be totally worth it. They are in fact considering about a lot more people, Messi, Mourinho and all that which would be a great deal and definitely could be considered a great idea.

I understand that it will not be cheap and they may lose, but they are going to end up trying at least. Would it be too bad? I am not so sure, but I bet 100% that there are better nations suited for something like that without a doubt. I miss England hosting it, that would be lovely to see again.

Personally I think that this experiment by FIFA of trying to bring the World Cup to as many nations as possible was in a way successful, but it should be over already, we need to go back to the roots and let some of the traditional countries which are superpowers in the world of soccer to host the World Cup again, I would like to see England, Argentina, Italy and other similar powerful countries which have a very high passion for the sport hosting the World Cup again, and once that happens then FIFA can start their experiment again if they want.

Not an experimental term but I think FIFA is giving the other countries in other parts of the world a chance to host World Cup so that they will also have a first hand experience about it. As per rumor, Saudi Arabia joined with Greece and Egypt to host the 2030 World Cup but there are other countries as well that joined forces and that would love to have their chance to host, and possibly they got more chances to host the 2030 World Cup namely Morocco-Portugal-Spain.

The truth is, I didn't know that now they are Considering holding the World Cups in that way with the union of these three countries, now, how are 3 countries starting in this next World Cup that happen to have several different things, in terms of culture and even in the way After entering their countries, we will see how they Manage it, of course, I am sure that each Country will help one and the other so that everything looks good, and there are no problems, because where 1 country fails, they are given the responsibility of 50- 50 for the other two that remain,but that would look very bad, and I would not agree, because a World Cup Means many good things.

[Masplanc]

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Seems funny when many people downgrade with Qatar as the host for FIFA World Cup 2022 from infrastructure, LGBT, drink alcohol until racism issues. I don't know why many people judge with Qatar because they have been the best host in FIFA World Cup than last several edition time with good infrastructure and nothing bad or controversial on all World Cup 2022 matches.

Depend on last FIFA World Cup edition, I think Qatar have more upgrade and beautiful infrastructure when another countries become host for FIFA World Cup, but its controversial because many people disagree with LGBT, alcoholic and not marriage can't sleep together. We have respect with other countries culture and can't change norms in force in that country.

I think the main issue with Qatar was that they don't have a football team that actually has the required level to play at a world cup.

They only had the money, which is why the tournament was hosted there, but in the games that Qatar played it was so clear that they don't have enough skill. They lowered the quality of the tournament.

But overall, yeah, it was a great tournament.

Qatar didn't last long in the competition,  I think they were not just lucky in the world  cup tournament, has the host it would have been so nice if they have gotten to semifinal stage,  this will really make them to feel bad but still the tournament was still very interesting one and one of the best .

[Strongkored]

The truth is, I didn't know that now they are Considering holding the World Cups in that way with the union of these three countries, now, how are 3 countries starting in this next World Cup that happen to have several different things, in terms of culture and even in the way After entering their countries, we will see how they Manage it, of course, I am sure that each Country will help one and the other so that everything looks good, and there are no problems, because where 1 country fails, they are given the responsibility of 50- 50 for the other two that remain,but that would look very bad, and I would not agree, because a World Cup Means many good things.

The implementation carried out by the three countries is a mutual agreement, and the three of them will definitely accept the number of matches based on their capabilities because this will be based on the infrastructure that each country has, also this will be the first World Cup with the number of participants increasing quite a lot so that the number of participants attending will be more as well as the number of spectators who will be directly present at the stadium.

It seems that the holding of the World Cup by several countries will become a trend in the future, because several countries that have registered to be able to host the 2030 World Cup are inviting their neighbors to become joint organizers, from the list only Morocco has volunteered without inviting other countries.
Even Saudi Arabia, which is very ambitious to be elected, invites Egypt and Greece to join the bid, three countries on different continents but they don't have a long distance and this might be a new history and maybe they will be chosen considering that 2030 will be the 100th anniversary of the World Cup so it will show the best different, but Uruguay and South American countries are also interested in getting it because they were the first host countries in 1930.
https://theathletic.com/3656183/2022/10/05/2030-world-cup-host-options/

[Sirait]

The truth is, I didn't know that now they are Considering holding the World Cups in that way with the union of these three countries, now, how are 3 countries starting in this next World Cup that happen to have several different things, in terms of culture and even in the way After entering their countries, we will see how they Manage it, of course, I am sure that each Country will help one and the other so that everything looks good, and there are no problems, because where 1 country fails, they are given the responsibility of 50- 50 for the other two that remain,but that would look very bad, and I would not agree, because a World Cup Means many good things.

After the 2026 World Cup log has officially come out, the three countries that are hosting the World Cup event are absolutely obliged to be serious about improving infrastructure and whatever is needed when the World Cup happens later. there is no reason for 1 or 2 countries not to be serious about being the host because that would tarnish the good name of their own country.

[Leviathan.007]

2030 is being chased by Saudi Arabia, one of the main reasons why they got Ronaldo as well, they want Ronaldo to basically talk about how it would be great to host it. When you consider how much money nations can make from world cup, billions and billions of dollars, if paying Ronaldo 200-300 million to get it, then it would be totally worth it. They are in fact considering about a lot more people, Messi, Mourinho and all that which would be a great deal and definitely could be considered a great idea.

I understand that it will not be cheap and they may lose, but they are going to end up trying at least. Would it be too bad? I am not so sure, but I bet 100% that there are better nations suited for something like that without a doubt. I miss England hosting it, that would be lovely to see again.

Personally I think that this experiment by FIFA of trying to bring the World Cup to as many nations as possible was in a way successful, but it should be over already, we need to go back to the roots and let some of the traditional countries which are superpowers in the world of soccer to host the World Cup again, I would like to see England, Argentina, Italy and other similar powerful countries which have a very high passion for the sport hosting the World Cup again, and once that happens then FIFA can start their experiment again if they want.

Not an experimental term but I think FIFA is giving the other countries in other parts of the world a chance to host World Cup so that they will also have a first hand experience about it. As per rumor, Saudi Arabia joined with Greece and Egypt to host the 2030 World Cup but there are other countries as well that joined forces and that would love to have their chance to host, and possibly they got more chances to host the 2030 World Cup namely Morocco-Portugal-Spain.

The truth is, I didn't know that now they are Considering holding the World Cups in that way with the union of these three countries, now, how are 3 countries starting in this next World Cup that happen to have several different things, in terms of culture and even in the way After entering their countries, we will see how they Manage it, of course, I am sure that each Country will help one and the other so that everything looks good, and there are no problems, because where 1 country fails, they are given the responsibility of 50- 50 for the other two that remain,but that would look very bad, and I would not agree, because a World Cup Means many good things.

I think the main reason for FIFA to let three countries host the world cup instead of one country is that we are going to have more national teas in the world cup and more teams need more sports facilities and need more potential from the host of the world cup, that's why we are going to have three countries hosting the 2026 world up instead of only one.

[sovie]

2030 is being chased by Saudi Arabia, one of the main reasons why they got Ronaldo as well, they want Ronaldo to basically talk about how it would be great to host it. When you consider how much money nations can make from world cup, billions and billions of dollars, if paying Ronaldo 200-300 million to get it, then it would be totally worth it. They are in fact considering about a lot more people, Messi, Mourinho and all that which would be a great deal and definitely could be considered a great idea.

I understand that it will not be cheap and they may lose, but they are going to end up trying at least. Would it be too bad? I am not so sure, but I bet 100% that there are better nations suited for something like that without a doubt. I miss England hosting it, that would be lovely to see again.

Personally I think that this experiment by FIFA of trying to bring the World Cup to as many nations as possible was in a way successful, but it should be over already, we need to go back to the roots and let some of the traditional countries which are superpowers in the world of soccer to host the World Cup again, I would like to see England, Argentina, Italy and other similar powerful countries which have a very high passion for the sport hosting the World Cup again, and once that happens then FIFA can start their experiment again if they want.

Not an experimental term but I think FIFA is giving the other countries in other parts of the world a chance to host World Cup so that they will also have a first hand experience about it. As per rumor, Saudi Arabia joined with Greece and Egypt to host the 2030 World Cup but there are other countries as well that joined forces and that would love to have their chance to host, and possibly they got more chances to host the 2030 World Cup namely Morocco-Portugal-Spain.

The truth is, I didn't know that now they are Considering holding the World Cups in that way with the union of these three countries, now, how are 3 countries starting in this next World Cup that happen to have several different things, in terms of culture and even in the way After entering their countries, we will see how they Manage it, of course, I am sure that each Country will help one and the other so that everything looks good, and there are no problems, because where 1 country fails, they are given the responsibility of 50- 50 for the other two that remain,but that would look very bad, and I would not agree, because a World Cup Means many good things.

I think the main reason for FIFA to let three countries host the world cup instead of one country is that we are going to have more national teas in the world cup and more teams need more sports facilities and need more potential from the host of the world cup, that's why we are going to have three countries hosting the 2026 world up instead of only one.

I want to talk about a slightly different topic. FIFA can also organize friendly matches in World Cup stadiums for countries that do not qualify for the World Cup. By doing this, the practice of football will reach the whole world and footballers will also advance greatly.

[FanEagle]

The only reason some people so sat Qatar was a good host for the world cup was because of the money they spent for the world cup and nothing else, it doesn't matter if you build great stadiums and spend money for it if you take the freedom from people, you can't be a good host for the world cup and Qatar rules and cultures were the problems.

Fifa tournament is not just about football, it is also an event people travel to come have fun.  Qatar was good when it comes good arrangement and management but it was too strick for many visitors.  This is only the challenge that made the tournament not to be enjoyable the way it is suppose to be.

I feel like there are too many things to consider when we are talking about world cup. It's a cultural thing, too many nations love it and that means we are going to end up seeing too many nations with this type of change and that's why we should be focusing more towards this instead. I understand that football is a big part of it, but cultural exchange is a second coming right behind that.

I know that people are not going to focus on that this much time beforehand, but whenever it happens in any nation, that nations culture is getting more global and people learn more about it. This is why I support that it should not be happening on the same nations over and over again, we keep seeing some too frequently, but of course you can't make it happen in nations that can't do it neither.

[freedomgo]

2030 is being chased by Saudi Arabia, one of the main reasons why they got Ronaldo as well, they want Ronaldo to basically talk about how it would be great to host it. When you consider how much money nations can make from world cup, billions and billions of dollars, if paying Ronaldo 200-300 million to get it, then it would be totally worth it. They are in fact considering about a lot more people, Messi, Mourinho and all that which would be a great deal and definitely could be considered a great idea.

I understand that it will not be cheap and they may lose, but they are going to end up trying at least. Would it be too bad? I am not so sure, but I bet 100% that there are better nations suited for something like that without a doubt. I miss England hosting it, that would be lovely to see again.

Personally I think that this experiment by FIFA of trying to bring the World Cup to as many nations as possible was in a way successful, but it should be over already, we need to go back to the roots and let some of the traditional countries which are superpowers in the world of soccer to host the World Cup again, I would like to see England, Argentina, Italy and other similar powerful countries which have a very high passion for the sport hosting the World Cup again, and once that happens then FIFA can start their experiment again if they want.

Not an experimental term but I think FIFA is giving the other countries in other parts of the world a chance to host World Cup so that they will also have a first hand experience about it. As per rumor, Saudi Arabia joined with Greece and Egypt to host the 2030 World Cup but there are other countries as well that joined forces and that would love to have their chance to host, and possibly they got more chances to host the 2030 World Cup namely Morocco-Portugal-Spain.

The truth is, I didn't know that now they are Considering holding the World Cups in that way with the union of these three countries, now, how are 3 countries starting in this next World Cup that happen to have several different things, in terms of culture and even in the way After entering their countries, we will see how they Manage it, of course, I am sure that each Country will help one and the other so that everything looks good, and there are no problems, because where 1 country fails, they are given the responsibility of 50- 50 for the other two that remain,but that would look very bad, and I would not agree, because a World Cup Means many good things.

Let's just be accustomed with it because I know that this will not be the last time where we will see three nations hosting a World Cup together and as mentioned above, World Cup 2030 is likely to be hosted by Saudi Arabia, Greece and Egypt but there are other rumors as well saying that it's not that final because the latest bid was made by Morocco, Spain and Portugal together as they are also looking forward to host the 2030 World Cup.

About the problems that will likely surface in the midst of these events, I know that Canada-USA-Mexico have already prepared for it as it will be immature on their side if they are not expecting any problems at all. It's safe to assume that they already got everything under control if anything happens out of the blue.

[Theones]

I think the main reason for FIFA to let three countries host the world cup instead of one country is that we are going to have more national teas in the world cup and more teams need more sports facilities and need more potential from the host of the world cup, that's why we are going to have three countries hosting the 2026 world up instead of only one.

USA and Canada teams are not the famous teams in FIFA - but that too is true USA and Canada will be host the tournament very well.

[KTChampions]

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So if there is a country that is not very good at football development and intends to host the World Cup, it should not only focus on infrastructure development but also its national team so that at the time of holding it is not just a weak team who can even get embarrassing results in matches.

Once upon a time, championships were held mainly in football countries, and for example, such a phenomenon as knocking out the hosts of the tournament from the group was hard to imagine as it was nonsense. But times have changed (World Cup in winter  ) and now it's the norm. But in fact, this is not a disaster for anyone, as long as the World Cups in football remain consistently profitable.

[Cryptock]

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So if there is a country that is not very good at football development and intends to host the World Cup, it should not only focus on infrastructure development but also its national team so that at the time of holding it is not just a weak team who can even get embarrassing results in matches.

Once upon a time, championships were held mainly in football countries, and for example, such a phenomenon as knocking out the hosts of the tournament from the group was hard to imagine as it was nonsense. But times have changed (World Cup in winter  ) and now it's the norm. But in fact, this is not a disaster for anyone, as long as the World Cups in football remain consistently profitable.

Canada and USA are not much in to sccorr
even i have heard that USA will hosting Cricket World cup too. Although USA doesnot have cricket team
LOL

[og kush420]

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So if there is a country that is not very good at football development and intends to host the World Cup, it should not only focus on infrastructure development but also its national team so that at the time of holding it is not just a weak team who can even get embarrassing results in matches.

Once upon a time, championships were held mainly in football countries, and for example, such a phenomenon as knocking out the hosts of the tournament from the group was hard to imagine as it was nonsense. But times have changed (World Cup in winter  ) and now it's the norm. But in fact, this is not a disaster for anyone, as long as the World Cups in football remain consistently profitable.

When was this time.
Now FIFA has their own rules. They care more about money and not about the rules. There is a documenty about FIFA that there is so much money involved in all that

[el kaka22]

I also would like to point something that isn't talked about a lot. What about the time difference BETWEEN the places here? I am not aware if there are any, I haven't checked where it is, but is there like time zone difference between stadiums, we are talking about 3 nations but the size is as big as Europe, even bigger than that when you consider all three of them. Just going from one state to another state takes 10+ hours sometimes, depends on where you are maybe even more.

When you consider that it means that we are talking about something that may have a timezone difference, I believe that we should be considering the situation a lot more and if there are any, that will definitely impact the way the players are playing and could consider to be troublesome.

[nullama]

I also would like to point something that isn't talked about a lot. What about the time difference BETWEEN the places here? I am not aware if there are any, I haven't checked where it is, but is there like time zone difference between stadiums, we are talking about 3 nations but the size is as big as Europe, even bigger than that when you consider all three of them. Just going from one state to another state takes 10+ hours sometimes, depends on where you are maybe even more.

When you consider that it means that we are talking about something that may have a timezone difference, I believe that we should be considering the situation a lot more and if there are any, that will definitely impact the way the players are playing and could consider to be troublesome.

The US is so large that they are usually comfortable with a few time zones

In particular, there will be a total of three different time zones for the World Cup 2026: Pacific, Central, and Eastern Times.



Mexico and Canada will have similar time zones with the US since they are above and below, not to the sides where it matters for time zones.

[Sithara007]

When was this time.
Now FIFA has their own rules. They care more about money and not about the rules. There is a documenty about FIFA that there is so much money involved in all that

In the end, money matters. Similar to any other sports body, FIFA also makes sure that they get the maximum amount of revenues from each edition. But I will not blame them for becoming overly greedy. They have somehow managed to find the optimal balance between profit making and keeping the fans happy. Expansion from 32 participants to 48 was mainly done to give more representation to African and Asian teams and not for money. If they want to make money, then they can easily conduct the world cup every 2 years instead of 4, but they haven't done that.