The 2018 World Cup will be in Russia, while Qatar hosts the event in 2022. "We announce our bid to bring the World Cup back to the United States, to Canada and Mexico in 2026," U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati told a news conference in the 102nd floor observatory of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The CONCACAF region is widely viewed as favourite to win the 2026 World Cup, given FIFA rules that restrict Europe and Asia from hosting again so quickly. "A World Cup in North America, with 60 games in the United States will be by far the most successful World Cup in the history of FIFA in terms of economics,” he said. This will be an extraordinarily successful World Cup on financial and economic grounds."

Source: The Star April 10, 2017 19:30 UTC