President of the United States Football Association Carlos Cordeiro (R, front), Mexican Football Federation President Decio De Maria (2nd L) and President of the Canadian Soccer Association Steven Reed (L) celebrate after the announcement, that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada, during the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia June 13, 2018. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin
MOSCOW—The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA’s congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday, June 13, to back the tri-nation joint bid for the tournament and leave Morocco to miss out for the fifth time.
The North American bid collected 134 votes to the 65 for Morocco. One congress member voted for “neither bid.”
