The host nation or nations will be decided soon, either Morocco or the joint bid of USA/Mexico/Canada. Who do you think will get it and who would you prefer?
Either way it will be a better choice than Qatar.
World Cup 2026: Morocco to face joint United States, Mexico & Canada bid -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44338953 
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Canada have enough resources to make existing stadiums big enough to host World Cup games, and Mexico have enough big stadiums to not worry about having to build new ones.
USA only held it 24 years ago and Mexico have already hosted it twice.
Want Morocco to win it because I'm already feeling nauseous about Donald Trump bragging about it every two minutes.
I know that Australia technically switched to the Asia confederation a few years back but it's still Oceania in a geographical sense.
Plus it seems a weird rule to say Australia can't host 2026 because Qatar hosts 2022. How far is that journey by plane?
America hosted it in 94, Mexico in 86, how can they even be in with a chance?
All the USA games would be in America as Trump wont allow them to go to Mexico.
Plus most countries wont be allowed in as Trump will find something to stop them entering, banning non us citizens to enter the country or something
Now I do have a bias as I live in Canada, I would prefer a European country as was mentioned for logistical reasons everything is closer together. Russia alone is a nightmare with the distances involved but I had read with the North American bid that each group of three teams would play in a certain time zone, rather than crisscrossing the country.
So if group A plays on the east coast, all there group games would be played there.
Much like the UK, the US especially can host a tournament of this size at the drop of a hat, the stadiums are there, hotels are there and infrastructure to get from site to site is there.
That being said, with what was released today and Morricone only getting a 2.5 out of 5 on there rating to host the event I can see it somehow going their way. If they scored a 2 they would have automatically been disqualified.
Also, with these countries that have to invest billions into new stadiums that just fall into disrepair after the tournament is over, why waste the money. All the NFL stadiums exceed FIFA's requirements and slight modifications can be made to the Canadian ones.
As with everything Fifa, I smell corruption, greasy palms etc.
I do love the quote in the article about politics making it harder for some people to get there, but yeah, Russia... That's fine. As I said, Trump can't be in office lol.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44338953
A World Cup in the States would be bloody brilliant from a personal perspective.
Morocco would also be problematic because it remains a Muslim nation. Doesn’t matter if it’s one of the safest Muslim nations - it doesn’t have money to throw around on security, stadia and that kind of stuff.
Neither option is particularly well suited to be honest. Well done FIFA for shortlisting a clusterfuck yet again!
It is a cool place though, the people and food are great.
1. No joint bids. One nation for one competition. No exceptions. (24 or max 32 teams to make this a reasonable rule)
2. All stadiums must already be built and up to obligatory capacities for the bid to be accepted.
These rules would ensure that true footballing nations only would receive the honour of hosting a World Cup Finals. Bollocks to Qatar and other wanabees.