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Pretty much everyone and their mother has had opinons on the World Cup bids for 2018 and 2022. I had covered this a bit over the last year or so since the US Bid Committee came out and said they were wanting to host one of those two Cups. The last couple months I sort…[continue reading]

I believe most of us saw this coming before long. As FIFA is set to announce who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups later this year its been no secret they want a European nation to host the 2018 Cup. The US had been holding strong to the fact that they could host…[continue reading]

While FIFA won’t decide who will host the 2026 World Cup (man that seems forever away doesn’t it?) for a couple years, possibly more than that, one bid for that World Cup could decide the next two. Simon Kuper, the soccer columnist of the Financial Times gave his leading candidates for the 2018 and 2022…[continue reading]

It’s a big week in US Soccer, the World Cup preliminary roster was announced and the bid book was submitted to FIFA for the US to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. The US bid committee put out a nice campaign video today hyping reasons why the US should get the World Cup…[continue reading]

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]

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]