These are the Cities that FIFA has Picked for the 2026 World Cup

Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, and Seattle are among the cities that FIFA has picked for the 2026 World Cup.

These cities along with Houston and Kansas City, Missouri, were the newcomers among the 11 U.S. sites picked to host games at the 2026 World Cup.

Arlington, Texas; East Rutherford, New Jersey; Foxborough, Massachusetts, and Inglewood and Santa Clara, California, were the holdovers.

FIFA announced its selections Thursday for the first World Cup with three co-hosts, also picking three Mexican cities and two in Canada.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has indicated that the goal of the 2026 tournament is to be played largely in the United States.

“By 2026, soccer — or futbol — will be the No. 1 sport in this part of the world,” Infantino proclaimed.

Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee, and Orlando, Florida, missed the cut.

Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, which hosted the 1970 and ’86 finals, will become the first stadium in three World Cups, selected along with Guadalajara’s Estadio Akron and Monterrey’s Estadio BBVA.

Toronto’s BMO Field and Vancouver, British Columbia’s BC Place were picked for Canada’s first time hosting, while Edmonton, Alberta’s Commonwealth Stadium was dropped.

“You can’t imagine a World Cup coming to the U.S., the capital city not taking a major role,” said Colin Smith, FIFA’s chief competitions and events officer.

“The story is always who doesn’t get chosen,” U.S. Soccer Federation President Cindy Parlow Cone said.

“You are leading the world in many areas,” Infantino said about North America, “the objective must be that you will be leading the world, as well, in the world’s No. 1 sport.”

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