The World Cup is the international soccer championship in which national teams compete. It’s held every 4 years.
The 2026 World Cup, next year’s, is scheduled to be held June 11th to July 19th, 2026.
For the first time ever, the World Cup is to be hosted by three countries: the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Mexico has hosted the World Cup twice before (1970 and 1986) and the U.S. once before, in 1994.
In 2002, the World Cup was jointly hosted by Japan and South Korea. Every other previous World Cup was hosted by only one country.
But in 2026 the plan is for three countries to host it.
The games are to be held in 16 cities.
Here is list of the 16 cities:
U.S.: New York metroplex (East Rutherford, New Jersey); Dallas metro (Arlington); Kansas City, Missouri; Houston; Atlanta; Los Angeles metro (Inglewood); Seattle; San Franciso Bay Area (Santa Clara); Philadelphia; Miami metro (Miami Gardens); Boston metro (Foxborough).
Canada: Vancouver; Toronto.
Mexico: Mexico City; Monterrey metro (Guadalupe); Guadalajara metro (Zapopan).
There are to be 48 national teams competing, an increase from 32 in the last World Cup in 2022; with 104 games scheduled.
It ought to be really big deal. Here’s a map of the 16 venues:
