USA, Canada, Mexico Reportedly Will Submit Joint Bid for 2026 World Cup

CONCACAF nations USA, Canada and Mexico will submit a joint bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to the federation's president Victor Montagliani.

As reported by the Guardian's David Conn, the expected bid is to be finalised before the end of the year. The World Cup will be expanded to include 48 teams in 2026, so a joint bid should make it easier to find the necessary infrastructure.

Montagliani explained the three nations have been talking about a joint bid for a while:

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Canada, the US and Mexico are aiming for a joint bid, the idea has been around for a while, discussions are continuing and it is a very exciting proposition if it comes to fruition. We have had nothing but positive remarks about it and it is a very strong sign of what football can do to bring countries together.

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All three have experience hosting major football tournaments, with World Cups having taken place in the USA and Mexico already. Canada hosted the women's World Cup in 2015.

Per the report, the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup will get under way in June. The final decision won't be made until May 2020.

No CONCACAF nation has hosted the tournament since the USA did so in 1994, and with the World Cup taking place in Russia in 2018 before moving to Dubai in 2022, there's a good chance the region would have priority in 2026.

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