Excitement and disappointment as World Cup 2026 cities named
WCup 2026 Host Cities Soccer Children from the Massapequa youth soccer team wait for an announcement of host cities, at a 2026 FIFA World Cup host city selection watch party at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) (Stefan Jeremiah)Cheers and sighs met FIFA's announcement of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup. It was just the third time that a nation's capital has not been included as a World Cup host city. Soccer's governing body won't announce the stadiums for knockout round matches until after the World Cup in Qatar later this year. Both Atlanta and Seattle, which currently have artificial turf at their stadiums, will have to install real grass for the World Cup.
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