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

[Hirose UK]

Late last year, FIFA announced the Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup which means that the Middle East country have a little over 10 years to prepare for football's biggest competition. Currently, Saudi Arabia is not considered as a strong football nation but we all saw how they had a good performance in the last edition of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Saudi Arabia was the only team in that tournament to beat eventual winners Argentina so I think they have a good chance of building a strong team that'll be competitive enough to face the rest of the world when they host the tournament in 10 years time. Currently, Saudi Arabian football chiefs are doing exceptionally well to improve the quality of football in the country as they've influenced the signing of some of the best players to the Saudi Pro League in other to improve the quality of football in the country.
With the recent improvement in the quality of football in Saudi league, I strongly believe that they'll be able to build a Saudi national team will deliver great performances when they host the FIFA World Cup.

They got 10 years to get ready for this great event. I'm sure just like what we saw in the past in Qatar when they were hosting the World Cup, Saudi Arabia will also spend too much money and try to build fantastic stadiums to get ready for the 2034 World Cup.
But the good thing is 2026 we are going to see the World Cup hosted in multiple countries including America where they have enough sports facilities to not spend a huge amount of money for it.

Yes, there is still plenty of time to start preparing everything, and the preparations that must be made are to start repairing several main stadiums even though I sure Saudi has many very luxurious stadiums and also some very good service venues.
Maybe this will record new history as the host of the most luxurious and best World Cup after Qatar, Saudi has enormous financial support to support the 2034 World Cup competition running very smoothly and comfortably.
But the most important thing is that Saudi will get ticket to be able to compete in this most prestigious event and Saudi will definitely be very happy to be able to take part, even if in the end they will also be the same as Qatar, where they fall faster.

Yes, in the 2026 World Cup we will see the competition being held in 3 different countries, maybe this could affect the performance of each team because they have to move between each match, but who knows what the concept of the match will be but I sure FIFA will organize it well.

[marcous]

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They got 10 years to get ready for this great event. I'm sure just like what we saw in the past in Qatar when they were hosting the World Cup, Saudi Arabia will also spend too much money and try to build fantastic stadiums to get ready for the 2034 World Cup.
But the good thing is 2026 we are going to see the World Cup hosted in multiple countries including America where they have enough sports facilities to not spend a huge amount of money for it.

Yes, there is still plenty of time to start preparing everything, and the preparations that must be made are to start repairing several main stadiums even though I sure Saudi has many very luxurious stadiums and also some very good service venues.
Maybe this will record new history as the host of the most luxurious and best World Cup after Qatar, Saudi has enormous financial support to support the 2034 World Cup competition running very smoothly and comfortably.
But the most important thing is that Saudi will get ticket to be able to compete in this most prestigious event and Saudi will definitely be very happy to be able to take part, even if in the end they will also be the same as Qatar, where they fall faster.

Yes, in the 2026 World Cup we will see the competition being held in 3 different countries, maybe this could affect the performance of each team because they have to move between each match, but who knows what the concept of the match will be but I sure FIFA will organize it well.

I think the key lies in financial strength, where I am sure Saudi will be successful in holding the 2034 World Cup. For now, we can clearly see that Saudi is in the process of improving the quality of football, they are trying to build the Saudi Pro League to be more competitive, and are trying to build a stadium with more complete facilities.

Thus, perhaps Saudi fate could be a little better than Qatar, because they have had a long time to build everything well. In the next ten years, with the quality of the League getting better, Saudi will produce its own golden generation. Gradually Saudi will continue to invest in football, and slowly they will develop for the better.

2034 is still a long time away, we will first see the 2026 edition in America, Canada and Mexico. Meanwhile, currently, we are being presented with the Copa America and the Euros. I think these two tournaments will produce the favorite teams in the next edition of the World Cup, we'll see who will emerge as champions.

[KTChampions]

They got 10 years to get ready for this great event. I'm sure just like what we saw in the past in Qatar when they were hosting the World Cup, Saudi Arabia will also spend too much money and try to build fantastic stadiums to get ready for the 2034 World Cup.
But the good thing is 2026 we are going to see the World Cup hosted in multiple countries including America where they have enough sports facilities to not spend a huge amount of money for it.

As I understand it, there are cultural differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but still they are much closer to each other than to conventionally European culture. Therefore, I don’t even know what’s worse: the 2030 World Cup which will take place on three continents (lol) or the 2034 World Cup which will be similar to the Qatar World Cup. Once again I am convinced that officials are sick bastards and should be kept away from managing anything; I think business would never make such moronic decisions.

[lixer]

As I understand it, there are cultural differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but still they are much closer to each other than to conventionally European culture. Therefore, I don’t even know what’s worse: the 2030 World Cup which will take place on three continents (lol) or the 2034 World Cup which will be similar to the Qatar World Cup. Once again I am convinced that officials are sick bastards and should be kept away from managing anything; I think business would never make such moronic decisions.

We already have too much talk about this all with things are not going to take changes because these Gulf Countries are having strong influence in all departments, and they are using this all for their own as well even too many concerns about few countries but still they are having all things with after Qatar now Saudi Arab is also going to host soccer world cup recently we have few things which were showing they are doing good job for the big events but it's still far away from this all, and we can't change this culture in few years.

FIFA is currently one of the strongest sporting organization with too much control around the world but now mostly are having big corruption cases and many other things which are clearly showing how they are managing this all and what could be the outcome of this all.

[KTChampions]

As I understand it, there are cultural differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but still they are much closer to each other than to conventionally European culture. Therefore, I don’t even know what’s worse: the 2030 World Cup which will take place on three continents (lol) or the 2034 World Cup which will be similar to the Qatar World Cup. Once again I am convinced that officials are sick bastards and should be kept away from managing anything; I think business would never make such moronic decisions.

We already have too much talk about this all with things are not going to take changes because these Gulf Countries are having strong influence in all departments, and they are using this all for their own as well even too many concerns about few countries but still they are having all things with after Qatar now Saudi Arab is also going to host soccer world cup recently we have few things which were showing they are doing good job for the big events but it's still far away from this all, and we can't change this culture in few years.

FIFA is currently one of the strongest sporting organization with too much control around the world but now mostly are having big corruption cases and many other things which are clearly showing how they are managing this all and what could be the outcome of this all.

FIFA has always been thoroughly corrupt, but now that the petrocountries have become interested in football, it has become obvious to everyone. Unfortunately, something can only change with more global changes than we can expect: football should be managed not by officials, but by business. Ideally, it should be like with the NHL - this is the main hockey league and it is more important than the World Cup or the Olympics. Therefore, I hope that the creation of the Super League will still happen in the coming years and this will serve as the first step in throwing officials out of business.

[nullama]

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As I understand it, there are cultural differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but still they are much closer to each other than to conventionally European culture. Therefore, I don’t even know what’s worse: the 2030 World Cup which will take place on three continents (lol) or the 2034 World Cup which will be similar to the Qatar World Cup. Once again I am convinced that officials are sick bastards and should be kept away from managing anything; I think business would never make such moronic decisions.

It's going to be interesting to see that world cup, happening in three different countries.

Visas will be a tricky subject around that time.

I remember Korea-Japan 2002, and it was actually quite OK. Hopefully they manage to do a great tournament.

[KTChampions]

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As I understand it, there are cultural differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but still they are much closer to each other than to conventionally European culture. Therefore, I don’t even know what’s worse: the 2030 World Cup which will take place on three continents (lol) or the 2034 World Cup which will be similar to the Qatar World Cup. Once again I am convinced that officials are sick bastards and should be kept away from managing anything; I think business would never make such moronic decisions.

It's going to be interesting to see that world cup, happening in three different countries.

Visas will be a tricky subject around that time.

I remember Korea-Japan 2002, and it was actually quite OK. Hopefully they manage to do a great tournament.

Well, when these are neighboring countries, I don’t see anything wrong with it; practice has shown that such tournaments are successful. But the 2030 World Cup will be more twisted - the opening 3 games will be in Latin America, and the remaining games will be in Portugal, Spain and Morocco. This doesn't seem normal to me. Let's say that Morocco and Spain are located next to each other on the map, but their climate is significantly different. Will players be happy to play football at the highest level and with the constant climate change when changing countries? I think this will create a serious imbalance - let's say one team needs to change countries for the next game and the other does not.

[Volgastallion]

What a disapointing match played by Brazil yesterday on the america cup played in USA, i think if they want to come back like the super power they allways were need to refresh and wake up fast, this team is not like the tipical brasilian team of samba and "jogo bonito" and plus is very weak in defense.

Until now not a good america cup in USA, i hope to see a better version for the world cup, im talking about stadiums and people.

[ndutndut]

What a disapointing match played by Brazil yesterday on the america cup played in USA, i think if they want to come back like the super power they allways were need to refresh and wake up fast, this team is not like the tipical brasilian team of samba and "jogo bonito" and plus is very weak in defense.

Until now not a good america cup in USA, i hope to see a better version for the world cup, im talking about stadiums and people.

Brazil does not have a captain who has high enthusiasm, this is very different from previous Brazil. Haven't seen a Brazil team like that since the 2002 World Cup. Very confident and enjoying themselves thoroughly. Entertaining the world with their beautiful football. But now they have talented players but no unity at all.

So it is not surprising that in the Copa America they were held to a draw by Costa Rica, whose squad and game were favored by Brazil, but Brazil's performance so far is still disappointing. How many world cups have they been in but they were unable to reach the final, most recently at the world cup in Qatar they were only able to reach the quarter-finals at the 2026 World Cup. If Brazil didn't have goal-hungry strikers like Pele and Ronaldo. I'm not sure Brazil will be the favorite in the next world cup, or as you would expect, will perform the best version in the world cup. The reason is that Brazil is famous for its game which relies on deadly attackers on the front lines and what is currently happening is that Brazil does not yet have attackers like that, in fact many Brazilian players currently only play individually, not as a team.

[Hirose UK]

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Yes, there is still plenty of time to start preparing everything, and the preparations that must be made are to start repairing several main stadiums even though I sure Saudi has many very luxurious stadiums and also some very good service venues.
Maybe this will record new history as the host of the most luxurious and best World Cup after Qatar, Saudi has enormous financial support to support the 2034 World Cup competition running very smoothly and comfortably.
But the most important thing is that Saudi will get ticket to be able to compete in this most prestigious event and Saudi will definitely be very happy to be able to take part, even if in the end they will also be the same as Qatar, where they fall faster.

Yes, in the 2026 World Cup we will see the competition being held in 3 different countries, maybe this could affect the performance of each team because they have to move between each match, but who knows what the concept of the match will be but I sure FIFA will organize it well.

I think the key lies in financial strength, where I am sure Saudi will be successful in holding the 2034 World Cup. For now, we can clearly see that Saudi is in the process of improving the quality of football, they are trying to build the Saudi Pro League to be more competitive, and are trying to build a stadium with more complete facilities.

Thus, perhaps Saudi fate could be a little better than Qatar, because they have had a long time to build everything well. In the next ten years, with the quality of the League getting better, Saudi will produce its own golden generation. Gradually Saudi will continue to invest in football, and slowly they will develop for the better.

2034 is still a long time away, we will first see the 2026 edition in America, Canada and Mexico. Meanwhile, currently, we are being presented with the Copa America and the Euros. I think these two tournaments will produce the favorite teams in the next edition of the World Cup, we'll see who will emerge as champions.

In reality, the Saudis make sport very important and they develop everything well, not only football, but it cannot be denied that football is the most dominant and is the focus in its development.
Now Saudi is considered country that is truly serious about the development of world football, they have acquired many team from Europe and others, even though it is considered as business, at least this proves that Saudi is not playing around.
SPL alone can be small proof of how great the support is which always pours out large amounts of money, there is no doubt and no thoughts of losses.
This is what makes Saudi country worthy enough to host the World Cup in the future, and with good financial support it can also help FIFA make it easier for the competition to take place.

Now this is what is interesting, some people will consider the Euro and Copa America champions as national team that has the potential to be successful in the World Cup, but on the other hand I not satisfied with this assumption even though there is slight sense of agreement with the existing expectations.
It just that those who win the Euro and Copa America are the best and can definitely show performance that is far superior to several other team.

[Marvelockg]

What a disapointing match played by Brazil yesterday on the america cup played in USA, i think if they want to come back like the super power they allways were need to refresh and wake up fast, this team is not like the tipical brasilian team of samba and "jogo bonito" and plus is very weak in defense.

Until now not a good america cup in USA, i hope to see a better version for the world cup, im talking about stadiums and people.

we can't totally judge what this Brazil team is capable of doing from just this first Copa America match. We've seen other strong teams like England that has better individual players and that have played at least three consecutive matches still struggling to play well and score goals even though they have good players and good goal scorers in the team. If after there next encounter against Paraguay on Saturday they still struggle to score goals, then we can assume they aren't playing to expectation. So far, apart from scoring goals, they've actually shown dominance and played so well. What's just missing is thier ability to score goals that will give them all three points and I'm hoping that vini and Rodrygo would bring up the show and give Brazil the victory we've been waiting for . Though sitting on the second spot of the table, the Brazilian team can easily bounce back to topping thier group before they proceed to the knock out phase of the tournament and even at the knockout stage, the major threat I'm seeing is just Uruguay.

[bering]

What a disapointing match played by Brazil yesterday on the america cup played in USA, i think if they want to come back like the super power they allways were need to refresh and wake up fast, this team is not like the tipical brasilian team of samba and "jogo bonito" and plus is very weak in defense.

Until now not a good america cup in USA, i hope to see a better version for the world cup, im talking about stadiums and people.

Brazil experiencing a decline in achievement because they never reach to the final matches of this competition for almost 20 years although Brazil can able to produce plenty of talented players but it is not makes them can gets the trophies even Brazil journey in the last 2 world cup is compeletely messed up at that time their status as the favourite of this competition but Brazil was unable to play as people expected even on world up 2022 Brazil was lost from Croatia in the quarterfinal stages

For qualification stages on CONMEBOL zone Brazil only can occupy 6th places from 2 wins and 3 loses even in Copa America too Brazil performance is not really impressive and the latest in Brazil only playing draw from Costa Rica and i think this proves that Brazil is not in their form and i have to says the current generation is one of the worst in Brazil's history in world football because they were very often to lost even against Colombia and Venezuela they unable to beat these teams and if want to advances to world cup 2026 their current manager Dorival Junior have to solved these problem immediatelly

[armanda90]

Brazil does not have a captain who has high enthusiasm, this is very different from previous Brazil. Haven't seen a Brazil team like that since the 2002 World Cup. Very confident and enjoying themselves thoroughly. Entertaining the world with their beautiful football. But now they have talented players but no unity at all.

So it is not surprising that in the Copa America they were held to a draw by Costa Rica, whose squad and game were favored by Brazil, but Brazil's performance so far is still disappointing. How many world cups have they been in but they were unable to reach the final, most recently at the world cup in Qatar they were only able to reach the quarter-finals at the 2026 World Cup. If Brazil didn't have goal-hungry strikers like Pele and Ronaldo. I'm not sure Brazil will be the favorite in the next world cup, or as you would expect, will perform the best version in the world cup. The reason is that Brazil is famous for its game which relies on deadly attackers on the front lines and what is currently happening is that Brazil does not yet have attackers like that, in fact many Brazilian players currently only play individually, not as a team.

Less creativities of attacking midfielder I think main problem of Brazil downtrend performance at the first Copa America 2024 match after being draw against Costa Rica.
Indeed more dominance with ball possession but Brazil less created attempt or shots on goals after not top perform their attacking line players Vinicius Jr and Rorygo. But too early comparison the first match of Brazil in Copa America after failure get the winning match result behind have many matches left and potential Brazil will play more aggressive on second match against Paraguay.

Brazil had many top talent attacking line but the main problem how they can get service well from holding midfielder, looks with Rorygo and Vinicius Jr performance with Real Madrid in this season both of them contributed well for winning La Liga and Champion League trophies. But with national team both of them can't get well service such as with Real Madrid and difficult for scoring goals, I believe for next match Vinicius Jr or Rodrygo will score the goals if get good service from attacking midfielder.

[nullama]

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Brazil experiencing a decline in achievement because they never reach to the final matches of this competition for almost 20 years although Brazil can able to produce plenty of talented players but it is not makes them can gets the trophies even Brazil journey in the last 2 world cup is compeletely messed up at that time their status as the favourite of this competition but Brazil was unable to play as people expected even on world up 2022 Brazil was lost from Croatia in the quarterfinal stages

For qualification stages on CONMEBOL zone Brazil only can occupy 6th places from 2 wins and 3 loses even in Copa America too Brazil performance is not really impressive and the latest in Brazil only playing draw from Costa Rica and i think this proves that Brazil is not in their form and i have to says the current generation is one of the worst in Brazil's history in world football because they were very often to lost even against Colombia and Venezuela they unable to beat these teams and if want to advances to world cup 2026 their current manager Dorival Junior have to solved these problem immediatelly

The thing is that Brazil is the only country in the world that has qualified to every single world cup.

Brazil also has won the most world cups than anyone in the world.

Of course you can't always win every single match, but Brazil is clearly one of the best teams in the world, and sure, they might have a few good matches, but they are still going to classify.

[Leviathan.007]

What a disapointing match played by Brazil yesterday on the america cup played in USA, i think if they want to come back like the super power they allways were need to refresh and wake up fast, this team is not like the tipical brasilian team of samba and "jogo bonito" and plus is very weak in defense.

Until now not a good america cup in USA, i hope to see a better version for the world cup, im talking about stadiums and people.

Brazil does not have a captain who has high enthusiasm, this is very different from previous Brazil. Haven't seen a Brazil team like that since the 2002 World Cup. Very confident and enjoying themselves thoroughly. Entertaining the world with their beautiful football. But now they have talented players but no unity at all.

So it is not surprising that in the Copa America they were held to a draw by Costa Rica, whose squad and game were favored by Brazil, but Brazil's performance so far is still disappointing. How many world cups have they been in but they were unable to reach the final, most recently at the world cup in Qatar they were only able to reach the quarter-finals at the 2026 World Cup. If Brazil didn't have goal-hungry strikers like Pele and Ronaldo. I'm not sure Brazil will be the favorite in the next world cup, or as you would expect, will perform the best version in the world cup. The reason is that Brazil is famous for its game which relies on deadly attackers on the front lines and what is currently happening is that Brazil does not yet have attackers like that, in fact many Brazilian players currently only play individually, not as a team.

Talking about Brazil, they are not the same as the Brazil we saw in the last years because Brazil had players like Pele and Ronaldo in the team while now they don't have these players and they can't have a true leader in this team. While I think now Brazil should make many changes in the teamwork because of the players they lost. Now this team how only players like Neymar and Vini and the lack of a true leader is the main problem in Brazil.
That's why I said before they needed to hire a better coach instead of Dorival Júnior.
 
 

[Forsyth Jones]

Relying solely on a star like Neymar Jr is something really worrying for brazil, Neymar is the only talented player who could win the best in the world award, but it seems like he's not that worried about that at the moment. As for the brazilian team, a team that could have won the 2006 World Cup when there were players left like Adriano Imperador, Ronaldo Feneno, Ronaldinho Gaucho, Kaká... that was the best team we had in that decade, they still couldn't win that World Cup. Due to the arrogance and overconfidence in the team, I heard that the players weren't even training during the World Cup.

brazil needed a coach at the level of Abel Ferreira to have a considerable chance of at least reaching the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup. Until then, I hope that players like Endrick, the next promise of brazilian football, will develop further, the boy plays with He has determination and explosiveness when he needs to, but he's still not a Neymar.

[nullama]

Relying solely on a star like Neymar Jr is something really worrying for brazil, Neymar is the only talented player who could win the best in the world award, but it seems like he's not that worried about that at the moment. As for the brazilian team, a team that could have won the 2006 World Cup when there were players left like Adriano Imperador, Ronaldo Feneno, Ronaldinho Gaucho, Kaká... that was the best team we had in that decade, they still couldn't win that World Cup. Due to the arrogance and overconfidence in the team, I heard that the players weren't even training during the World Cup.

brazil needed a coach at the level of Abel Ferreira to have a considerable chance of at least reaching the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup. Until then, I hope that players like Endrick, the next promise of brazilian football, will develop further, the boy plays with He has determination and explosiveness when he needs to, but he's still not a Neymar.

Pele, Romario, Bebeto, Kaka, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Neymar, Roberto Carlos, etc, etc, etc,... there are so many iconic players in Brazil....

The thing is that Brazil is one of the best teams in the world. They have the highest expectations to perform, so even if they lose one match everyone thinks they are done.

In reality, it is still one of the best.

[Rampagoe004]

FIFA is currently one of the strongest sporting organization with too much control around the world but now mostly are having big corruption cases and many other things which are clearly showing how they are managing this all and what could be the outcome of this all.

I agree with you. I think FIFA is the biggest sports organization in the world and they manage almost all official football matches. Since the Sepp Blatter era, FIFA has often been accused of carrying out many corrupt practices in their management. I don't know if FIFA has a budget audit team like a state institution. However, I think it seems like FIFA officials cannot be arrested on corruption charges because they are an organization and I am sure they have prepared everything very neatly. It is not surprising that Qatar and Saudi Arabia succeeded in hosting the world cup. I admit the 2022 world cup is one of the best I have witnessed. But I suspect FIFA has done business with Qatar to host. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[armanda90]

Last few hours ago, AFC Asian Qualifier Round 3 have draw and my national team in Group C will face many top national teams always dominance for participating in World Cup last several edition.
Indonesian team for the first time success reached until third round will face many top national team exactly Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia as Asian national teams never absent for participating at FIFA World Cup every edition.

Bit difficult for Indonesian team get automatically ticket qualify to FIFA World Cup 2026 must lead the first and second standings position, but get second opportunity to playoff round if can finish on third and fourth standings position.

The drawing group for world cup qualifier round 3

https://x.com/afcasiancup/status/1806231310630818046/photo/1

[beerlover]

Less creativities of attacking midfielder I think main problem of Brazil downtrend performance at the first Copa America 2024 match after being draw against Costa Rica.
Indeed more dominance with ball possession but Brazil less created attempt or shots on goals after not top perform their attacking line players Vinicius Jr and Rorygo. But too early comparison the first match of Brazil in Copa America after failure get the winning match result behind have many matches left and potential Brazil will play more aggressive on second match against Paraguay.

Brazil had many top talent attacking line but the main problem how they can get service well from holding midfielder, looks with Rorygo and Vinicius Jr performance with Real Madrid in this season both of them contributed well for winning La Liga and Champion League trophies. But with national team both of them can't get well service such as with Real Madrid and difficult for scoring goals, I believe for next match Vinicius Jr or Rodrygo will score the goals if get good service from attacking midfielder.

To be fair I do not think that their problem is with talent, they have enough talented players to do better than what they have done so far, it is obvious that they should be beating a lot of their opponents, probably all until now, with the type of talent they have.

I blame two things for these results, one of them is the manager, they need a new one and they need one asap, because the current one is not making any strides at all, even though he isn't that old at the job neither, he failed to fix anything. Secondly, which has been the case for a while now, is the fact that they are not really caring, the players stopped caring after a while, and they are just doing whatever they want, they ignore the results, they just simply not caring.