FIFA Picks 2026 World Cup Cities, Predicts US ‘No 1 Sport’
International soccer players Hirving "Chucky" Lozano (L), Jonathan Osorio (C) and Christian Pulisic wait along 6th Ave. for FIFA's announcement of the names of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup soccer tournament in New York on June 16, 2022. Noah K. Murray/AP Photo
NEW YORK—The 16 cities of the first World Cup spread across three nations were revealed, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino made a bold statement summing up the goal of the 2026 tournament, to be played largely in the United States.
“By 2026, soccer—or futbol—will be the No. 1 sport in this part of the world,” he proclaimed.
