Going to North America '26: tickets, accommodations, etc. (non-politics)

Was successful (PMA) for Australia v USA standard tier (cat2). My son got that match also as well as supporter tier(cat3) for Australia v UEFA C. Didn't apply for any knock-out stages.
I'm assuming results for fifa random draw will follow. Only after 2 more matches Belgium v Egypt and Algeria v Jordan which I'll try and grab on resale platform if the price is reasonable.
Good luck to everyone. Very hard and complicated this time around compared to last WC.

 

Going for Jordan vs Algeria as well, resale atm is close to $200 get in price but I think if you wait a while it will drop a lot. I think it'll end up being one of the cheapest games at the WC.

 

Sorry if this the wrong place to ask, but now that the supporters draw is complete does anyone know if there are going to be events or perks for US supporters with circle insider at the world cup? My membership renews tomorrow, and I don't feel like paying them extra money for nothing at this point.

 

Also no one has heard/seen anything regarding the USA $60 tickets, correct?

I applied for six USA matches, but only got one (R16 - Value/CAT3). Just thinking that between myself and all the other American Outlaw people here & on Reddit, someone would have been allocated at least one of those $60 tickets.

Essentially is it a reasonable theory at this time that US Soccer will communicate those successes via email, similar to what someone said England was doing, and therefore there is some hope I may be successful for more than just the R16?

 

Agree. I'll wait till I find out if successful in fifa draw and fcfs later on before buying anyrhing on resale. But definitely Alg v Jor will cheap, Belgium v Egypt maybe a little bit above face value. Decent game and the Salah factor.

 

I'm biased because I've lived in both cities, but the Bay Area and Seattle imo are the two best American host cities for the summer.

 

I have zero insider info and am totally guessing, but my guess would be probably not.

 

No info on those tickets anywhere. I’m starting to get the feeling they’ve been allocated “internally”. I applied all the way to the semis. Just got allocated the 3 group games. I can’t imagine there was high demand for the USA semi final?

 

The level of insider specifies the benefits. If anything they’ll offer less than what’s expected . Just my opinion.

 

If either of you applied for cat 1/2 for Jordan/Algeria and don't see it yet, it tells me the random draw is not over or something very weird is happening.

 

Yea I didn't apply for that one, I figure it's one of those where the resale price will be below what the prices were for this round. I know my city pretty well and we are not selling out 70,000 tickets for Jordan vs Algeria at an average of like $450 a ticket

 

So are we certain or not certain the random draw has started/finished? And all PMAs are completed?

 

What I think has already happened: the draw itself is over across the board (RSD and PMA). I'm not just pulling this out of my own behind; FIFA's RSD Terms and Conditions says that draw would occur between 2/2 and 2/5.

They've spent the last two days getting everyone set up with their PMA tickets.

My hypothesis is that, over the next two days, RSDs will start getting set up in the same way. Which would mean that we will start getting RSD e-mails end of day Sunday.

 

Then I guess the big question - were all the RSD winners already leaked in the the "files" section, or are this still appearing...

 

I've given up hope I think. I know people who can see their RSD tickets as of this morning.

 

I applied for

AUS v Playoff in Vancouver
Tunisia v Japan in Monterrey
Uruguay v Spain in Guadalajara
R32 in Mexico City
R16 in Mexico City

heard nothing, no files, all Cat 1

 

Ok. Could you post a screenshot then? I haven't seen anyone here or on Reddit or discord that has received an RSD email

 

That thought initially crossed my mind too. Interesting conspiracy, but:

1. I haven't heard nor seen any screenshots about those $60 tickets from ANY of the other countries 40+ countries. And some of the Europeans associations have been very transparent, and after their pushback on prices it would be very harmful from PR perspective for them all to have kept them internally too.
2. Several Circle & higher-tier individuals seems to have gotten shut-out, so my theory was actually some of these folks may have been awarded the $60 tickets, with the communication still pending
3. It would seem strange for US Soccer to go through the hassle of publicly claiming these would go to the Supporter Groups, for then no one from these Supporter Groups to publicly acknowledge getting them.

But who knows, guess we'll see in the next day or two.

 

I'm pretty sure our federation will be running a separate lucky losers ballot for those $60 tickets and that they'll be sending out the emails, handling payments etc and not fifa. Sucks if other federations 'exploit' their $60 ticket allocation.

 

My personal opinion: no screenshot will be forthcoming, because no such screenshot exists

 

It's rather quiet here, considering a large bulk of tickets ought to have been sold, compared to the first two sales. But I didnt win those. I would just expect more winners here than what we have seen so far.

 

US Soccer portion of ticket sales:

Won
2x Australia game (Supporters Value)
2x Euro game (Supporters Value)

Did not Win:
Paraguay
1st Knockout Round

 

Wow. I “won” Paraguay game and thought it was because of low demand. I guess I was “lucky”.

 

Seriously, there is not that kind of demand for a Paraguay game. Or Uruguay game for that matter... with the exception of Uruguay - Spain.