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

[slackovic]

Agree with you when I said about improvement, I look more closely at the improvement of the United States national team in its participation in the World Cup and re-appointing the United States as the host of the World Cup will probably allow them to appear even further when in 2026 it is not impossible to achieve that better than 2022.

But regarding this revenue comparison is really beyond my thoughts because the NFL is very dominant compared to the EPL or other leagues that I think are watched more throughout the world than American football.

As I said yesterday, it's not easy to compare sports in the USA and sports in Europe. People in the USA consider sports like some kind of a show while in Europe we consider sport as a real competition. I'm not saying that Americans don't cheer for their clubs, but for them the show is more important than the sport itself. And it is precisely this show that allows the American teams to earn much more money through side activities.

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That's right Arabs have really strict working conditions and sometimes that becomes difficult for a human to endure that's the reason for human life loss before world cup 2022 in Qatar.  
USA and Canada will organise world cup with much better facilities as they have organised before , Qatar had to develop everything from scratch that's the reason for high expense in 2022 world cup .

[gagux123]

But on the other hand, if there is a greater insertion of teams, I believe that this will reduce the quality of the world cup, I am not discrediting the teams, but I do not know, this could reduce the level and quality of the world cup.

The world cup only happens every 4 years, and I have no doubt, this is one of the most anticipated events for many people.

When more teams are added to the World Cup, the quality of the World Cup may be affected. Football's biggest event, held every four years, has different views from around the world. Therefore, FIFA will not take any decision that brings FIFA into disrepute. They have already decided to include 48 countries from next season. I think it's a good decision because a lot of teams, especially multiple champions ‍some times can't play there, so it's definitely a good decision. But more than 48 will do more harm than good.

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

[rdluffy]

Some news here guys:

USA will host 2024 Copa America
Source: https://www.inquirer.com/soccer/usmnt-copa-america-2024-united-states-20230127.html

The championship will have all teams of Conmebol = 10 + 6 teams of Concacaf = Total 16 teams

Why I'm posting this?
I think it's a great warm up to USA, having a small championship to be more prepared to 2026.
It's a good thing for the team too, because they will compete with south american teams, it's a good way to be more prepared and play with better teams like Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

The favorite teams to bet are Argentina and Brazil hehehe, not hard to predict and win some money. 

[Naficopa]

But on the other hand, if there is a greater insertion of teams, I believe that this will reduce the quality of the world cup, I am not discrediting the teams, but I do not know, this could reduce the level and quality of the world cup.

The world cup only happens every 4 years, and I have no doubt, this is one of the most anticipated events for many people.

When more teams are added to the World Cup, the quality of the World Cup may be affected. Football's biggest event, held every four years, has different views from around the world. Therefore, FIFA will not take any decision that brings FIFA into disrepute. They have already decided to include 48 countries from next season. I think it's a good decision because a lot of teams, especially multiple champions ‍some times can't play there, so it's definitely a good decision. But more than 48 will do more harm than good.

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

This World Cup has been the best in history. All football fans will remember this World Cup. But the next World Cup will be even more spectacular, as several countries will host it. Everything is updated as the day progresses. I hope people will see new surprises in the next World Cup.

[samcoin]

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

I don't agree. According to the most probable system, the teams that qualify for the knock out stages will play one additional match only, while they could face weaker teams in the group stages. Therefore, their performance won't change a lot in my opinion. On the other hand, increasing the number will give more opportunities for the theoretically weak teams and their fans to appear in the World Cup. However, the decision to increase the number of participants was taken for pure financial reasons.

[wheelz1200]

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

I don't agree. According to the most probable system, the teams that qualify for the knock out stages will play one additional match only, while they could face weaker teams in the group stages. Therefore, their performance won't change a lot in my opinion. On the other hand, increasing the number will give more opportunities for the theoretically weak teams and their fans to appear in the World Cup. However, the decision to increase the number of participants was taken for pure financial reasons.

You're right it was purely financial not for competitive reasons.  It's like adding new teams to a particular league.  It dilutes the competition and quality.  Same amount of possible players spread over more teams in this case countries on the lower end of talent.  If you can't qualify that should just be it, you don't qualify.

[Wakate]

That's right Arabs have really strict working conditions and sometimes that becomes difficult for a human to endure that's the reason for human life loss before world cup 2022 in Qatar.  
USA and Canada will organise world cup with much better facilities as they have organised before , Qatar had to develop everything from scratch that's the reason for high expense in 2022 world cup .

Whether they had to develop things or not just have it in mind that the world cup that was held there was one of the best and the most interesting world cup ever. Could you have imagine that Messi with his Argentina team would win the world cup? This is why the Arabs are very unique in the way they do things even though they do not allows some of the things that are been done in the west.
They are very cultured and strict with there doctrines that made some persons to castigate them because they never allowed the use of alcohol and other undecent dressing of any sought that could portray unfamiliar feelings.

[romero121]

Some news here guys:

USA will host 2024 Copa America
Source: https://www.inquirer.com/soccer/usmnt-copa-america-2024-united-states-20230127.html

The championship will have all teams of Conmebol = 10 + 6 teams of Concacaf = Total 16 teams

Why I'm posting this?
I think it's a great warm up to USA, having a small championship to be more prepared to 2026.
It's a good thing for the team too, because they will compete with south american teams, it's a good way to be more prepared and play with better teams like Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

The favorite teams to bet are Argentina and Brazil hehehe, not hard to predict and win some money. 

Since the 2022 World Cup we were able to see a big number of unexpected match results. As mentioned it gives good opportunity to practice as well as know about football and the venues in which different the teams playing prior to the World Cup. It is too early to have a connect with the World Cup, but having a warm-up every evening makes every match interesting.

[gagux123]

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

I don't agree. According to the most probable system, the teams that qualify for the knock out stages will play one additional match only, while they could face weaker teams in the group stages. Therefore, their performance won't change a lot in my opinion. On the other hand, increasing the number will give more opportunities for the theoretically weak teams and their fans to appear in the World Cup. However, the decision to increase the number of participants was taken for pure financial reasons.

Yes, i agree with you! I have no doubt that this change in the next World Cup has financial vision as one of the main objectives, because consequently the country that will host the World Cup will receive many tourists from all over the world, this will help the economy and in a way directly or even indirectly a greater investment in football.

Talking about the system of the next world cup, to be honest, it hasn't been released yet, so we don't have a concrete answer regarding that. I believe the system will be released later this year.
What was commented is that it could have 16 groups with 3 teams or 12 groups with 4 teams.
If we use that example, we would have 80 games.

If we follow the analogy I said just above, each team will not play an additional game but one less game in the group stage (compared to the old system of previous world cups), because this will compensate the additional stage.
And as incredible as it may seem, the world cup in this new format, if memory serves me correctly, could be held in 32 days.

ps: by the way, my superficial knowledge about this topic is, there will be a great chance that we will have 12 groups with 4 teams each in the next world cup.

[Naficopa]

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

I don't agree. According to the most probable system, the teams that qualify for the knock out stages will play one additional match only, while they could face weaker teams in the group stages. Therefore, their performance won't change a lot in my opinion. On the other hand, increasing the number will give more opportunities for the theoretically weak teams and their fans to appear in the World Cup. However, the decision to increase the number of participants was taken for pure financial reasons.

Yes, i agree with you! I have no doubt that this change in the next World Cup has financial vision as one of the main objectives, because consequently the country that will host the World Cup will receive many tourists from all over the world, this will help the economy and in a way directly or even indirectly a greater investment in football.

Talking about the system of the next world cup, to be honest, it hasn't been released yet, so we don't have a concrete answer regarding that. I believe the system will be released later this year.
What was commented is that it could have 16 groups with 3 teams or 12 groups with 4 teams.
If we use that example, we would have 80 games.

If we follow the analogy I said just above, each team will not play an additional game but one less game in the group stage (compared to the old system of previous world cups), because this will compensate the additional stage.
And as incredible as it may seem, the world cup in this new format, if memory serves me correctly, could be held in 32 days.

ps: by the way, my superficial knowledge about this topic is, there will be a great chance that we will have 12 groups with 4 teams each in the next world cup.

The authorities have already started thinking about the next football World Cup. Since the next World Cup will be held in several countries, it is understood that the 2026 World Cup will be more spectacular.

[Daniel91]

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

I don't agree. According to the most probable system, the teams that qualify for the knock out stages will play one additional match only, while they could face weaker teams in the group stages. Therefore, their performance won't change a lot in my opinion. On the other hand, increasing the number will give more opportunities for the theoretically weak teams and their fans to appear in the World Cup. However, the decision to increase the number of participants was taken for pure financial reasons.

More teams in the World Cup means more matches and of course more money, but that does not mean that we will see a better competition.
In fact, we will see more boring and bad matches that will not be attractive for TV and fans.
The World Cup should be an exclusive competition in which only the best national teams from all continents can participate, not a competition in which practically every national team in the world can participate.
I think that the increase in the number of national teams at the World Cup was due to another reason, which is that it would be easier for the president and the leadership of FIFA to get support for another term in FIFA.
In the end, it always comes down to politics and money 

[Tumanggor]

But on the other hand, if there is a greater insertion of teams, I believe that this will reduce the quality of the world cup, I am not discrediting the teams, but I do not know, this could reduce the level and quality of the world cup.

The world cup only happens every 4 years, and I have no doubt, this is one of the most anticipated events for many people.

When more teams are added to the World Cup, the quality of the World Cup may be affected. Football's biggest event, held every four years, has different views from around the world. Therefore, FIFA will not take any decision that brings FIFA into disrepute. They have already decided to include 48 countries from next season. I think it's a good decision because a lot of teams, especially multiple champions ‍some times can't play there, so it's definitely a good decision. But more than 48 will do more harm than good.

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

what you say is very true, the prestige is really needed by the fifa world cup so that it continues to be the biggest sporting event in the world always and it is very good if FIFA continues to maintain it for 4 years

I myself see that what FIFA has been doing for a long time has been very good, the selection they have made has also been very good so far so increasing the number of countries playing will only add to the burden and I think it will be bad for the future of the world cup

[bitgov]

But on the other hand, if there is a greater insertion of teams, I believe that this will reduce the quality of the world cup, I am not discrediting the teams, but I do not know, this could reduce the level and quality of the world cup.

The world cup only happens every 4 years, and I have no doubt, this is one of the most anticipated events for many people.

When more teams are added to the World Cup, the quality of the World Cup may be affected. Football's biggest event, held every four years, has different views from around the world. Therefore, FIFA will not take any decision that brings FIFA into disrepute. They have already decided to include 48 countries from next season. I think it's a good decision because a lot of teams, especially multiple champions ‍some times can't play there, so it's definitely a good decision. But more than 48 will do more harm than good.

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

what you say is very true, the prestige is really needed by the fifa world cup so that it continues to be the biggest sporting event in the world always and it is very good if FIFA continues to maintain it for 4 years

I myself see that what FIFA has been doing for a long time has been very good, the selection they have made has also been very good so far so increasing the number of countries playing will only add to the burden and I think it will be bad for the future of the world cup

2026 World Cup stadiums have seen some pictures online. If indeed such stadiums are built then that too will be a history. And the football teams of 2026 will take themselves to unique heights.

[freedomgo]

And don't forget the next World Cup will hosted by three separate countries, so expect that there will some games that will be played simultaneously.

Yes, it's not hard to do more games simultaneously, USA alone is a huge country, with great infrastructure to travel, Canada and Mexico will host only 10 matches each one, but it will help, so it's not a impossible task.

Yes, I just found out that the USA will host most of the games especially the qualifiers onwards, 40 games to be exact and it's quite reasonable because they got bigger stadiums that can cater hundreds of thousands of people at once. The FIFA won't let the players get exhausted for travelling in and out towards other countries especially when the games are getting more intense.

I also think the reason why USA will be hosting most of the games in the 2026 world-cup tournament is because they are the main host, Mexico and casino are just an assist if am permitted to put it that way.
If for example, FIFA went with their previous style of one country hosting the entire world cup for the season, I believe it is the turn of the USA, so this is why FIFA has to focus more on USA and make sure most of the games are played there, like I said before, Mexico and Canada are just like an assist, they are just assisting.

I guess that's one way to look at it because most games are indeed will be hosted by the USA, while Canada and Mexico only got 10 games each out of the 60 whole month games. But I guess there are some more deeper reasons than that and not just because the North American continent has 3 countries and I found out this while I'm scrolling through the web.

The soccer federations of the U.S., Canada and Mexico agreed to submit a joint bid to FIFA to host the competition. The bid won in 2018, with a majority of FIFA’s congress voting to grant rights to the three nations.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/worldcup/2022/11/21/2026-fifa-world-cup-usa-mexico-canada-host-cities-tickets/10710839002/

Although this is not the first time as well that a World Cup will be hosted by a numerous country because the same situation happened back in 2002 where South Korea and Japan bid together to host the World Cup.

[Sanitough]

But on the other hand, if there is a greater insertion of teams, I believe that this will reduce the quality of the world cup, I am not discrediting the teams, but I do not know, this could reduce the level and quality of the world cup.

The world cup only happens every 4 years, and I have no doubt, this is one of the most anticipated events for many people.

When more teams are added to the World Cup, the quality of the World Cup may be affected. Football's biggest event, held every four years, has different views from around the world. Therefore, FIFA will not take any decision that brings FIFA into disrepute. They have already decided to include 48 countries from next season. I think it's a good decision because a lot of teams, especially multiple champions ‍some times can't play there, so it's definitely a good decision. But more than 48 will do more harm than good.

Yes, I also believe that the number of participants can affect the quality of the world cup, not to the detriment of other teams, but unfortunately if a country has not participated in previous world cups, it means that it has neither the capacity nor the quality to be a eligible team to participate in the world cup.

I imagine that the main reason the world cup is such a rare and prestigious event is because it takes place every 4 years.

This World Cup has been the best in history. All football fans will remember this World Cup. But the next World Cup will be even more spectacular, as several countries will host it. Everything is updated as the day progresses. I hope people will see new surprises in the next World Cup.

It is already expected the next World Cup series which is in 2026 will be remarkable and more sensational especially after what happened recently in the FIFA Qatar World Cup 2022 where almost everything was handled very well by the country that hosted the said event, so organized and yes, spectacular as you said.

Regarding the next World Cup that will be hosted by three countries, here are the list of the stadiums of each respective country that will be used for the said event. Just a disclaimer, this list is not yet official and still bound for some changes. FIFA announced that they will announce the final list of the host cities and schedules of its games.

2026 World Cup host cities and stadiums

United States: 11 cities

Atlanta: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (capacity 75,000)

Boston: Gillette Stadium (capacity 70,000)

Dallas: AT&T Stadium (capacity 92,967)

Houston: NRG Stadium (capacity 72,220)

Kansas City: Arrowhead Stadium (capacity 76,640)

Los Angeles: SoFi Stadium (capacity 70,000)

Miami: Hard Rock Stadium (capacity 67,518)

New York/New Jersey: MetLife Stadium (capacity 87,157)

Philadelphia: Lincoln Financial Field (capacity 69,328)

San Francisco/Bay Area: Levi's Stadium (capacity 70,909)

Seattle: Lumen Field (capacity 69,000)


Mexico: 3 cities

Guadalajara: Estadio Akron (capacity 48,071)

Mexico City: Estadio Azteca (capacity 87,523)

Monterrey: Estadio BBVA (capacity 53,460)


Canada: 2 cities

Toronto: BMO Field (capacity 45,500)

Vancouver: BC Place (capacity 54,500)

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[Davidvictorson]

I think it may be too forward, but in the 2026 World Cup that will be held in three countries, I would like to see Portugal versus England in the finals. I know the Portuguese side will be a young team led by an experienced 40-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not retire despite everyone's criticism. Hopefully he wins his First World Cup in penalties or extra time. It will be fun to watch.

[Mate2237]

I think it may be too forward, but in the 2026 World Cup that will be held in three countries, I would like to see Portugal versus England in the finals. I know the Portuguese side will be a young team led by an experienced 40-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not retire despite everyone's criticism. Hopefully he wins his First World Cup in penalties or extra time. It will be fun to watch.

2026 world cup will be super interesting, 2022 world cup tournament in Qatar was also affected by Covid 19. Though the effect was minimal. The FIFA officials were able to controlled the population in the various stadium in the world cup. So in 2026 cup which will be a disease from period by the grace of God, will be very much interesting because of the teams which thought themselves that they would win their opponents but could not win them will be striving stronger to defeat their opponents but I also believe that by then other strong teams will be spring up like Morocco to play against some strong teams and disgrace them. I am still doubting that Portugal and England will play the final.

[Xxmodded]

2026 world cup will be super interesting, 2022 world cup tournament in Qatar was also affected by Covid 19. Though the effect was minimal. The FIFA officials were able to controlled the population in the various stadium in the world cup. So in 2026 cup which will be a disease from period by the grace of God, will be very much interesting because of the teams which thought themselves that they would win their opponents but could not win them will be striving stronger to defeat their opponents but I also believe that by then other strong teams will be spring up like Morocco to play against some strong teams and disgrace them. I am still doubting that Portugal and England will play the final.

FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar was amazing and there are not problem about Covid 19 because all matches held on many fans and there are not any space left for supporter watching in stadium. Due many controversial about alcohol drink not allowed but FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar was success without any problem yet. Many surprise national team success lead to next stage and there are still not lucky for expectation national team like England, Portugal and surprised with Morocco success lead until semifinal.

Next FIFA World Cup 2026 in Canada/Mexico/United States which one national team will make surprise, however with new regulation and several national team added will make unpredictable about who national team lead until final stage.

[slapper]

I think it may be too forward, but in the 2026 World Cup that will be held in three countries, I would like to see Portugal versus England in the finals. I know the Portuguese side will be a young team led by an experienced 40-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not retire despite everyone's criticism. Hopefully he wins his First World Cup in penalties or extra time. It will be fun to watch.

The notion of seeing Portugal perform in the World Cup's big ballet of countries is thrilling. However, let's add a pinch of realism to this potent concoction. Cristiano Ronaldo, our virtuoso, has performed at the pinnacle of his abilities recently. His deftness is unparalleled, but nobody escapes the ravages of time. His rapid speed and Herculean strength have been tempered by age, but he's still quite the force on the field.

Even a player with Ronaldo's renowned ability can't always win the World Cup. It's the equivalent of trying to climb Mount Everest without oxygen! Some could say that for a man who is approaching the big 4-0, this is the ultimate challenge. But let's not let rumors ruin the fun for us