The joint North American bid for the 2026 World Cup has denied that United States president Donald Trump’s global unpopularity will have a significant impact on next week’s vote in Moscow.
Canada, Mexico and the US have teamed up to form the United 2026 bid and they are up against Morocco at the Fifa Congress on June 13.
Strongly favoured by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, the United bid’s combination of existing infrastructure, huge projected revenues and access to the world’s richest market was underlined by a glowing technical assessment last week.
Morocco, on the other hand, was marked down in several categories, most notably the fact it needs to build or renovate 14 stadiums.