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Shocking news. Absolute shocking news. Okay, sorry for the sarcasm but the news today that an European country will likely be awarded the 2018 World Cup is really no shock at all.  The rest of the world will likely have to just wait for the 2022 World Cup now. “From what I’ve discussed with the president of…[continue reading]

The US Bid Committee has revealed it’s list of 18 cities that be be included on the 2018/2022 World Cup bids. The 18 cities are (chart via press release from USSoccer): USA Bid Final Cities for Inclusion in Bid Book to FIFA for 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup and Related Stadiums (In alphabetical order)…[continue reading]

Next Tuesday the US World Cup bid committee will narrow down the list of cities that will be apart of their big to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. The list will be cut down from 27 cities to 18. Note that I say cities and not stadiums as this part is to…[continue reading]

This may be bigger news for someone like myself who lives in the DFW Metroplex but still it could be noteworthy to others that want to possibly make a trip to Dallas in the future if the news is true. Steve Davis is reporting this morning that the World Cup bids for the US in…[continue reading]

The USA Bid Committee announced the 27 United States cities that passed the third stage of the city and stadium proposal review process and remain under consideration as potential host venues for the World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Those making the cut: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville,…[continue reading]

The list of venue candidates to be part of the USA’s bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup has been trimmed from 58 to 45. Most are large NFL or college football stadiums. Lots of NFL stadiums as we expected. A few college venues sprinkled in there too. Plenty of great potential venues…[continue reading]

We have gone from 70 to 58. I copied the original list and crossed out the cities that did not express interest in hosting a World Cup game. Mostly college stadiums are gone from this list, which will more than likely be narrowed down even more in the coming months. Representatives from Las Vegas and…[continue reading]

Talk about a list. The USSF has releases a list of 70 stadiums that could be potentially used for a World Cup venue in either 2018 or 2022. Some are more than likely going to be used as they were used back in 1994 while some new stadiums mark the list that could make for…[continue reading]

USSF president Sunil Gulati announced today the United States has expressed its desire to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. Gulati will serve as chair of the Bid Committee, with U.S. Soccer CEO Dan Flynn, MLS commissioner Don Garber and Phil Murphy, the former National Finance chair of the Democratic National Committee serving…[continue reading]

US Soccer president Sunil Gulati has scheduled a conference call for Monday to announce US Soccer’s bid intentions for the upcoming FIFA World Cups. He will reveal which World Cup U.S. Soccer will make a bid for (2018 and/or 2022). The USSF is set to bid on both World Cups. The US has been considered a…[continue reading]