Dallas Considered For 2026 FIFA World Cup

DALLAS, TX — The FIFA World Cup could bring a whole load of soccer fun to Dallas in 2026, the 68th Fifa Congress announced Wednesday after a Moscow meeting.

The meeting designated three North American host countries for the 2026 cup, which will be played by 48 teams from across the world, the World Cup said in a press release. Those designated countries are the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Of 200 votes cast, 134 went toward a World Cup hosted in North America, while another 65 went toward a cup in Morocco.

NBC Sports reports 2026 will mark the first time a World Cup has been held in North America since 1994, when it was hosted entirely by the U.S. The upcoming cup is the first time a tournament has been co-hosted by three countries.

Potential host cities have been designated for all three host countries, but the list will be whittled down before the World Cup begins.

The current potential cities in Mexico are Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City. In Canada, they are Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto.

Currently 16 potential cities have been identified across the U.S. They are Seattle, New York/New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Nashville, Orlando, San Francisco/San Jose and Cincinnati.

Image via Getty: A general view as FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses the 68th FIFA Congress at the Moscow Expocentre on June 13, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)