Awesome. Hope to see what matchups come to Boston / Foxborough and where they play them. I'm assuming Harvard's stadium is too small and that it'll be at Gilette in Foxborough, which already hosts pro soccer.
Putting my house up on AirBnb YESTERDAY and going on vacation for the week.
I still find shit like this weird. Do you honestly think the nation of immigrants doesn't have a metric ton of football fans who watch international football/leagues?That sucks, but congrats to the three Football fans in Canada and the US I guess.
EU is full of rich countries with up to date arenas so this argument flies a lot less.I know it's a huge change and a bit inconvenient but, overall, it's better this way. Costs can be crippling to countries, even wealthy ones can save costs that can be spent much more wisely. This also helps prevent worker abuse which has been a notorious plight on FIFA. i hope these large tournaments where games are shared turn out to be a huge success. Futbol will be better for it.
Is that what you tell yourself, at night? I guess all those stadiums in the U.S do not exist and are imaginary?Just give the whole tournament to Mexico. So few people care about soccer in the U.S.
So few that the US buys the most foreign tickets in every World Cup including Russia where we didn't even qualify.Just give the whole tournament to Mexico. So few people care about soccer in the U.S.
Just give the whole tournament to Mexico. So few people care about soccer in the U.S.
It's weird no Vancouver. That would be my second pickthey're confimed to be one of Canada's three hosts. and with Vancouver not hosting, it's a lock
Something tells me you have never been to Mexico City if you think the climate is at all similar to North Africa. Morocco routinely get some close to 50 degrees Celsius during the summer, Mexico City rarely gets to 35 (hell, right now they're at 20 degrees!). The real problem with Mexico City is the altitude and, to a lesser extent, the smog.
Monterrey is a hotter city in Mexico that will held games but even in its absolute hottest days in the summer do they climb above 40 which, yes, it's hot as shit but it's not "North African weather". Over 30 degree weather is normal for a summer day here.
Toronto - Montreal - Edmonton are the three potential cities in Canada.
Nice!
This means that the chances for Argentina-Paraguay-Uruguay 2030 happening have increased.
52000 seat stadium with the experience of hosting the Women's World Cup (including the goddamn final), that was renovated less than 10 years ago for 150 million. And we're not hosting, because...NDP
imagine if he abolishes the 22nd amendment and is still thereThe tournament will be a cluster fuck if a Trump like figure is still in power or if the US does not recover from this presidency.
I guess that of the 20 matches in Canada and Mexico all of the group stage ones the hosts play local.
You can use the big rugby stadiums like Twickenham and Cardiff too.Why?
They'd be going up against England and maybe Scotland/Wales will be joining too.
England has better stadiums. Can handle 48 team World Cup with no issues. By then you'd have quite a few more new or improved stadiums. Spurs are getting a nice new big stadium next season. Everton are going to get a new stadium. Liverpool and Man Utd are looking to increase the capacity of their grounds. City could easily increase their capacity by 2030 even though its empty most of the time. You got Newcastle and Leeds with big stadiums. Then you have Wembley, London Stadium and Emirates.
I'm looking at the stadiums in Uruguay. They have one that can fill 60k people. The other is 40k and the rest are under 30k.
If common sense prevails then England will get the 2030 World Cup. They have the stadiums and by 2030 they'd have even bigger stadiums.
Looking forward to Trump, first third term president of the United States, opening the show.
LOL! I also thought of this earlier today. Let's hope the 2026 North American World Cup succeds where the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) failed.so finally people will understand Mexico is part of North America
100% agreeGenerally dislike it when the tournament is given to countries who would not normally be at the tournament via qualification (South Africa, Russia, Qatar, USA, Canada).
This isn't coming from bias (I swear) but GB is long overdue hosting a tournament (WC or EUROs) so many great stadiums conducive to the best atmospheres. No one wants to watch football in a baseball stadium.
Not necessarily, the FIFA Council will decide which hosts will automatically qualify at a later date https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/new...allocation-for-the-2026-fifa-wor-2878254.htmlSo does this mean US, Canada and Mexico all get automatic qualification? Sucks for the rest of CONCACAF.
And even if all 3 automatically qualify there's still 3 spots up for grabs, which is quite a lot when you don't have to compete against Mexico and the US.The host country would also automatically qualify for the FIFA World Cup, and its slot would be taken from the quota of its confederation. In the event of co-hosting, the number of host countries to qualify automatically would be decided by the FIFA Council.
Are you talking about the extreme amount of sodium?
Oh cmon, USA? Really? They qualified to every WC from 1990 until 2014 and missed by the skin of their teeth 2018. I won't argue for the rest though.Generally dislike it when the tournament is given to countries who would not normally be at the tournament via qualification (South Africa, Russia, Qatar, USA, Canada).
This isn't coming from bias (I swear) but GB is long overdue hosting a tournament (WC or EUROs) so many great stadiums conducive to the best atmospheres. No one wants to watch football in a baseball stadium.
So does this mean the US, Canada, and Mexico are all automatic entries? That kind of stinks that three entire teams are taking spots.
US, Mexico, and Canada all get spots (alongside the seeded teams) in 2026 if memory serves.Does that mean our team automatically makes it in to group play? I think I remember that being a thing.