U.S., Mexico and Canada announce 2026 World Cup bid


A woman is seen through the glass while taking pictures of the World Cup trophy, which is on display during a ceremony marking 1,000 days until the beginning of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in central Moscow, Russia, September 18, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States, Mexico and Canada announced on Monday that they were making a joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup, which the U.S. soccer chief said would produce the biggest financial boon ever for FIFA.

No nation from CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean, has hosted the tournament since the United States in 1994.

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