We’d nonetheless be one yr out from the 2026 World Cup, however FIFA president Gianni Infantino is already feeling the vitality from sheer anticipation of the world’s greatest match coming to Canada, Mexico and the USA subsequent summer time.
“Soccer or soccer is conquering America,” Infantino instructed FOX Sports activities’ Alexi Lalas throughout FOX’s “FIFA World Cup 26: One 12 months To Go” celebration in Miami on Friday. “It is going to be an amazing celebration. Hundreds of thousands of followers will rejoice within the 16 host cities, within the stadiums but in addition within the fan festivals in all places.
“We’ll flip the nation the wrong way up, after which again up and again down.”
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To this point, 13 international locations have punched their tickets to the 2026 World Cup, together with the three co-hosts, all of which robotically certified. Of the ten international locations that certified via competing in group play, two — Uzbekistan and Jordan — will probably be making their first-ever look, thanks largely to the brand new 48-team format.
“The emotion is precisely the identical whether or not you’re Argentina, a world champion, or Uzbekistan or Jordan,” Infantino mentioned. “That is what we would like everywhere in the world. It’s an enormous emotion.”
Earlier than the 2026 World Cup subsequent summer time, FIFA will host the revamped Membership World Cup in the USA.
“One month, one of the best gamers on the earth, one of the best golf equipment on the earth, to find out who would be the actual world championship for golf equipment,” Infantino mentioned. “Not solely nationwide groups, however golf equipment. It’s about time somebody created a brand new Membership World Cup, proper?”
The match’s opening match between Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami and Egyptian powerhouse Al Ahly FC will happen on Saturday at Arduous Rock Stadium in Miami.
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