The Futbol Americas crew react to the confirmation of the 16 host sites for the 2026 World Cup. They discuss where the opening ceremony may take place and also talk about which stadiums could host the semifinals and the final.
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Nope… I hope they don't
Met life is actually in New Jersey. So let’s go Phil Murphy
What new york need is a huge stadium that will contain the whole world period n is gona be popping
The final should be in Dallas. It has the best stadium in the country, and a city with great infrastructure as well.
Kate or Cristina , who would you bring home to mom and dad and who would you bad for a one night stand Stand.
Las Vegas should have put their new stadium
Sofi and MetLife are the favorites for the opening and/or final!
How are you doing to ensure that the fans from abroad won't be shot down in the streets of Philadelphia?
NY is a SHITHOLE. It's an embarrassment to have WC games there.
First US need to fix public transport and mass shooting problem, friendly environment for tourist……
I think it should be Mexico City??
Mexico City and Los Angeles have already hosted a final, NY should get this one since Canada doesn't really have a strong candidate
The final should be played in Las Vegas
Where USMNT wins the WC!!!! USA!! USA!! USA!! ?? ?? ??
ESPN your bias is showing. NYC is a horrid choice for hosting so many fans. It's too expensive for fans not blessed with enough money to spend 500 a night on hotels to travel there. Also the city is hurting after everyone moved out of Manhattan. This is just a media ploy to help a failing city survive.
Every world cup game is a really a SB for the two countries involved in the game.
Everybody knows the Final will be in LA
Hopefully it won't be California with a 1 p.m. kick-off time as in 1994. Those are impossible conditions for an enjoyable final. Brazil got the kick-off time right in 2014, but then it was the Southern hemisphere winter whereas in the US it will be summer. Going to be hard striking a balance between the needs of the players (evening kick-off means more enjoyable conditions) and the desires of European audiences who will grumble if the game kicks off too late.
Haha can't wait to see them confused Football with 'football' ?
Corruption
You Americans probably think that you stand a chance at winning the world cup.
The only way you'll complete for it will be through your women's team not your men's team
Azteca should be the final stadium because it has a bigger name and has the most history
Los Angeles should get the final. It has the best stadium in L.A. and the USA.
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Mexico must host the final, they have far much better history than these other two nations who still call football soccer
Estadio Azteca should not get the final and I’m certain the U.S made this bid with z Mexico and Canada with the certainty that the final is in the United States. MetLife is where the final should be. The last time The United States hosted the World Cup the final was in the west coast and this World Cup should switch it up and give it to NY/NJ. Imagine seeing the fireworks from the top of MetLife when the winning team lifts the trophy with NYC skyscrapers in the backdrop. That would instantly be iconic
Out of all the stadias in the 2026 World Cup, the final should take place at SoFi Stadium. Why? Almost all the stadiums will be 20 to 30 years old by gameday! Arrowhead might be the oldest of the bunch as it might be 60 by the day of the tournament! SoFi, however, will be 6 years old and is the newest stadium of the American sector of the WC. I don't want a World Cup final to take place in a (later) 16 year old stadium in the East Coast. Have it take place in a new stadium in the West Coast. You'll have people flocking over to Los Angeles for the final than in New York City. Have it a way to honor the '94 Final at the Rose Bowl by having the final at SoFi Stadium. Plus, the capacity of the stadium can be expanded from 70,240 to 100,240 for big events, just recently with Super Bowl LVI and with the upcoming Olympic Games of 2028, two years after the WC. How can't that not convince FIFA to have the final take place in LA and not in NYC? I guess I'll have to wait and see what the final approval is following Qatar 2022
I heard her ask that question during the press conference. As a journalist either she is just trying to appease her LigaMX fanbase, or even worse didn’t do her homework. Mexico and Canada are only holding the group stage games and that has been known since the beginning.
This is stupid. A World Cup should be played by country. North America has two different countries in them
As someone from the Concacaf, I do not like the distribution of these stadiums, why not put more in Mexico and Canada, why is it sooo heavily a US World Cup as though they haven't had it before. It should be at least 5 for both Mexico and Canada
Nah. Come down here in Houston instead. We’re the perfect place to have the final at and for the US to play the final at as well.
Until other nations can have more than 1 final first, Mexico can wait.
Are these two guys the same person?
日本人の私が言うのもなんだが、Peleのニューヨークコスモスの本拠地で開幕式か閉会式はされるべきでふ！
コパ・アメリカセンテナリオのファイナルは素晴らしい雰囲気でした！
是非とも今回はメットライフスタジアムでファイナルやって欲しいすよ！
AZTECAは残念ながら酷いスタジアム改修を繰り返しまともに観れる席がかなり少ないです。。
スタジアム改修もされません。