Chicago has been included in the most recent list of potential host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup joint bid between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
The United Bid Committee reduced the list of cities from 41 applicants to 32, including all of the cities that host a Major League Soccer venue.
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“The 32 cities that we have identified as potential host cities, on their own and together, are prepared to welcome soccer fans from around the world,” said John Kristick, executive director of the United Bid Committee in a statement. “
“They are more than capable of helping fulfill the shared vision and ambition of FIFA and the United Bid in shaping the future of soccer in North America.”
The list includes 25 cities in the United States, three in Mexico, and four in Canada. The United Host Committee will make one final cut for the formal bid to be presented to FIFA by March 18:
Canada
- Edmonton
- Montreal
- Toronto
- Vancouver
Mexico
- Guadalajara
- Mexico City
- Monterrey
United States
- Atlanta
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Charlotte
- Cincinnati
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Denver
- Detroit
- Houston
- Kansas City
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Minneapolis
- Nashville
- New York/New Jersey
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Salt Lake City
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Seattle
- Tampa
- Washington, D.C.