World Cup bid calls for just 10 games for Canada but likely includes invite to play
Canada and Mexico will only get a slice of soccer’s biggest prize if the joint North American bid for the 2026 World Cup is successful.
The proposed blueprint calls for 60 of the 80 games in the new expanded tournament format to be held in the U.S. with 10 going to Canada and 10 to Mexico.
“The final decisions on those things are up to FIFA. It’s their tournament. But that will be our proposal and that is our agreement together,” U.S. soccer president Sunil Gulati told a news conference atop the Freedom Tower in lower Manhattan.
Gulati was flanked by Victor Montagliani, president of both the Canadian Soccer Association and CONCACAF, and Mexico Football Federation president Decio de Maria.