Rumor: 2026 Bid in Jeopardy

Heck, why not just go for 2050? Most of us may well have lost our chess matches with Death by then, and in the Abyss no one can hear you scream.

 

If 2026 goes down, the US must never "bid" again. FIFA knows that the US offers the best tournament in history at the box office and in terms of fan experience and fan engagement all across the world. They should also know that that opportunity is only available on our terms. If they want it, they can come get it.

That will probably never happen, but playing ball with these criminals is a fool's errand. They're aggressively doing everything they can to destroy their golden goose anyway, so who cares?

The United bid should have walked away when the FIFA congress snuck in the Morocco bid at the 11th hour. It was plain as day what that would mean.

 

http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-wor...nited-states-led-bid-in-2026-world-cup-voting

The French are at it again. Helped screw us out of 2022 and now this. We should send a college team to France for the friendly this summer and then never make the mistake of scheduling them again.

 

The French are acting in their best interest. With the proximity and severe lack of facilities in Morocco plus increase in teams, I expect that they will get quite a number of training camps / base camps in their country plus a boost to the local economy without having to build anything or bid for anything. Same with Spain, Portugal, and Monaco.

If I was the city of club in Lisbon, Sevilla, Cadiz, Malaga, Marabella, Cordoba, Granada, Murcia, Valencia, or Madrid ... that's going to be a pay day. Plus, the flights are less than two hours to pretty much anywhere in Morrocco.

Three hours or less includes Monaco, Nice, Marseille, Montepelier, Toulouse, Barcelona, Bilbao




Plus, they are not the only ones. The island nations want their money.

Did not expect Concacaf countries to endorse Morocco's World Cup '26 bid over USA-Mexico-Canada. Saint Lucia and now Dominica have said they'll vote for Morocco https://t.co/5biL3RWAK0

— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) April 5, 2018

 

You're funny. I think they could care less about facing the USMNT A team or not. Besides, with the league of Nations, this won't happen again.

They can vote for whoever they want by the way.

 

1. We need to start acting in our best interest as well. Tell France and any other country that if they vote for Morocco that they can have all their clubs play preseason games there as well. No need for PSG to come to the US each year for a money grab when Morocco is so close and convenient.

2. If the island minnows vote against a WC in their on confederation then that should be the final straw for trying to merge North American and Central American mainland with South America. Let the island nations battle it out with the rest of the world's islands for the 1/2 spot.

 

1) Caribbean nations have been isolated from the rest of CONCACAF for a long time. Nations League comes too late to soothe those views.
2) French-speaking nations or places where French is a major language will rally behind Morocco.

— Steven Sandor (@stevensandor) April 5, 2018

 

Yeah, because that's exactly the way to go to change other nation's negative view of the US.

See above

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1) Caribbean nations have been isolated from the rest of CONCACAF for a long time. Nations League comes too late to soothe those views.
2) French-speaking nations or places where French is a major language will rally behind Morocco.

— Steven Sandor (@stevensandor) April 5, 2018

How about treating them right, having a more inclusive attitude towards them and respecting them going forward?

 

I'm actually shocked by this one:

Palestine for Morocco pic.twitter.com/ro85dnl1UJ

— Duane Rollins (@24thminute) April 5, 2018

 

Can you specify what that means? They're included in Champions League, they'll get steady games in the Nations League, they got 4 slots in the last Gold Cup and will get 1+whatever they earn through Nations League qualifying for the next one, they get a ton of CONCACAF money for very little output, Haiti's women's team is basically funded by American benefactors, they regularly play friendlies and qualifiers in the US that make them a lot more money than matches on the islands would. What else do they need?

 

All of those are pretty recent (inclusiveness-wise). Victor Montagliani did made major changes in how CONCACAF runs the region but he's Canadian and the bid is viewed as a US bid, not a "United bid". I think they would back anyone in the region except the US at this point. The shithole comments without a following apology made matters worse.

They accumulated decades of anger so I think it will take time and the USSF to take a step back for awhile (which seems to be somewhat the case) since Montagliani's election.

 

If presidential politics mattered that much, the US would be hosting 2022.

 

I don't know why most Americans only see this from their own point of view but let me give you an insight on the other side of the argument.

For most developing countries, FIFA is the ONLY organization where they have that much power in the grand scheme of things. It's their only shot to stick it to the US (until the next solo bid) without any chance of retaliation (which would be silly). So yes, giving everyone 1 vote totally made the bid selection very political. Most of those nations don't really have that division of sphere of competency. Governments usually run everything and can easily tell their FA who to vote for, something that unlikely to happen in North America and some parts of Europe.

Outside of the FIFA umbrella, they are pretty much powerless in everything else and it's not like the US have an (anti-bullying policy in regards to those nations).

You might not like the answer but that's how the world works in 2018...(FIFA wise of course). That's unlikely to change as soccer (the 5th or 6th or even lower) most important sport/event (Golf? NASCAR? College sports?) in the US. That's unlikely to prevent any US president from sleeping at night nor change their diplomacy policies over night just for soccer.

So, don't know what to tell you...

Besides, FIFA could still disqualify Morocco on technical merits. At this point, it's the only way the US bid wins. If Morocco is accepted, United 2026 lose. Pray that their bid gets turn down by FIFA. It's no coincidence that nations are coming out early to support Morocco as it's a mean to pressure FIFA from disqualifying Morocco.

Let's see who blinks first

 

If this is a Miss Sympathy contest, then we're in big trouble. Once my father told me, "if someone hates you, it's their problem; if everybody hates you, it's your problem."

 

might as well changed the name of the thread to '2026 WC will be in Morocco'

 

I do get that this is a chance to stick it to the US for a lot of countries with who are (legitimately for the most part) unhappy with US policy and actions, but I really doubt losing the WC will even be noticed by the current powers that be. I'd bet most Trump supporters still think of soccer as a libtard, globalist sport that they're forced to pay attention to for a week or two every four years. (Didn't Ann Coulter post/write something about how soccer is an inferior sport because people don't use their hands?)

 

The World Cup does seem like an even smaller deal than usual with the XFL soon to return. They should nab the Million Dollar Game if they really want to stick it to us.

 

Am I the only one that thinks the combined three country gimmick looks like a solution trying to please everyone and ending up pleasing no one? It looks more like a proposal designed to check enough boxes to game the system than a proposal born of truly wanting to host for sporting reasons. Of course, that's the reality for many bids, but you at least have to sell it as something else.

 

Well US, Mex, and Canada should pull support for hosting future gold cups. Concacaf $ will dry up for places like Dominica and maybe they'll think twice about shunning their region.

 

If Europe hates the US so much I think we should pull our bases. Let them defend themselves.

 

I'm all on board the Morocco train.

Let's go, Morocco.

Hopefully I can attend. Go spend some time in France and catch a few games. Sounds good to me. Much rather go there than smoggy hell hole like LA.

 

People like her who do nothing but mock soccer should step out on the field and say that to peoples' face. See how quickly she'd be beaten senseless.

 

Ann Coulter, Jim Rome, Keith Olbermann. This sport must be the best if all those clowns get pissy about it.

 

Yea I’m not really sure we need the League of Nations or whatever if we don’t get unanimous votes from our Region. The Carribean can form its own Federation and see how that works out.