I have posted this before. The decision to grant the hosting rights to Qatar for the 2022 world cup was a grave mistake from the part of FIFA. There were issues related to poor treatment being meted out to the construction workers, as well as issues regarding discrimination against certain sections of the visitors. Even in 2018, Russia hosted the tournament without any major issues. But that was not the case with Qatar in 2022. Hopefully the 2026 edition would be an occasion where the visitors and fans are treated with respect.
I hope this is the case as this was the most common complain fans had about the Qatar world cup, however there are things that could easily go wrong, the public security at Mexico is low and fans could face some dangers if going there, and while the US will host most of the games there could be some issues there as well, as visas could be difficult to get if migratory laws get harsher and the possibility of an attack against the stadiums will always be there.
I would guess that Mexico ones will not get all that much visitors, not as many as USA ones to be fair. I think it's obvious that we are going to end up seeing USA to get the most visitors out of all three nations and they are going to do fine. This is of course not guaranteed, but I bet that it's not going to be a big deal and we should be seeing trouble on the long run.
This is of course a trouble when you consider that it's going to end up with a cultural resemblance as well, there are tons of western nations going to world cup, and most of the time it's either Latin American or European teams that wins it, and that means cultures are quite close enough, for clothing, drinking, acting, everything will be pretty similar.
Well, with respect to Qatar, things can be very ambiguous, some say yes, it was a mistake, but why was it Qatar and not another country? Was there a lot of money there for them not to take away the world headquarters from this country? Why did FIFA become a blind eye, of course many say that human rights are biased in these countries, but there are countries that also violate human rights and continue walking without saying anything, the Qatari workers are unfortunate, It is something that should not have happened, but who are we to get into the rules, laws of that country and tell them what is right and what is wrong? I don't think we will have that right, as I have said before, if a country chooses to be the headquarters of the world, that country has its customs, it has its rules, and it is the one that hosts an event, the people and the fans, and players have to stick to the rules of that country, there is nothing to do there, if things are like that, you simply have to respect, there are many things that you like and others that you do not like, but after all, that country is sovereign, It has its own laws and FIFA knew that.
Now the new world cup with these 3 countries , it would be Excellent if they could include some good games from Europe from European countries, because I do not consider that Mexico will have few people, it is a common country and like all, of course there are some customs that are Different , and that are usually seen with the naked eye, but it is a different country, nothing else in its language and everything, but it must be taken into Consideration that Mexico is a very Beautiful country, that it has a lot to know and that it has a lot to do with the things that exist, it has a lot of history, compared to the USA, the USA is a developed country, it is quite obvious that the people there will cause more emotion, it has a lot to entertain themselves, and apart from the Disney parks and all those things, they are quite Striking, obviously you also have to do and grow to know Something, your security is superior, in Mexico things have to be Better, with more Security.
I think the main reason for FIFA to choose three countries instead of one country is that we are going to have more teams in the tournament and this can put any host under more pressure, however, America had enough potential to host the 2026 World Cup by themselves and even now when we are going to have three countries hosting the world cup, still America will host most of the games and the other two teams are just co-hosting this tournament.
That is the part of the reason why they choose these three countries to host the next world cup, I mean that their move is understandable because they wanted a much bigger arena with guaranteed audience when they present their new format this coming 2026 with more games and teams added. As we all know, having the games in North America means that almost every fellow in this world can watch it and that's their goal.
Other than that, the most obvious reason why FIFA chose America-Canada-Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup is that these three countries bid and won the bid together. It's a business after all and in every business, there's always a motive behind the reason. Just like how the Qatar was rumored to won the bid because they have bought some of the people in the FIFA council to guarantee a spot to host a world cup event.
Well these things are very true, in fact I still remember when I was little and I saw the World Cup in USA94, which was a great event, I remember that back then I started to fill my panini album, it was quite an emotion, for me the main thing was to be able to fill that album before the World Cup started, in fact when that World Cup started everything was very nice, I remember the opening ceremony, everything was something great, I remember that earlier that year the final was very exciting, I really didn't like soccer in the USA not at all, but I remember very good players who did well, among those Lalas, and at that time the design of the USA fields seemed strange to me, especially the soccer goals, they had a design that was too right, in itself it was different, because I was used to seeing coaches of a different style, their different goals, at that time I really liked what some teams like Romania and Sweden were doing, they showed very elegant football, at that time they still played football and there was the Brazilian stars of the moment like Romario and Bebeto who shattered any defense, I liked how they understood each other, it was an impressive duo.
Those memories of that World Cup are very vague but at the same time very strong, Italy's performance was impressive, Baggio was a great player who did very well for me but was not lucky enough to score that decisive goal, all these things are The ones that I remember from that World Cup, currently I really like that the USA, Canada, and Mexico have been made, I like it and I'm curious about how the Canadians are going to do it since I haven't seen very striking football there, but I know that I'm sure they will show a very good football, and it's that Canada has a somewhat cold climate, I'll be happy to see some games that fall snow, to see how some players will perform, especially those who are used to hot climates and who have no interaction With the snow, I really expect a lot from this tournament, that it be much better than all the others that have happened.
