Pelé has offered his support to the 2026 FIFA World Cup being awarded to the United States.
The
tournament has not been to North America since United States hosted it
in 1994 and Pelé sees them as the outstanding candidates for 2026,
should they chose to bid for it.
“Oh,
yes. No doubt. No doubt,’’ he told The New York Post, as reported by
website mlssoccer. “I am one who did some work for the World Cup to be
here, and the organisers were perfect. They deserve it, no doubt, for
the vote in FIFA to give them the next World Cup.’’
Whether
United States will bid for the tournament is currently unclear. They
had an unsuccessful attempt at winning the hosting rights for 2022, but
Qatar were eventually awarded it instead.
FIFA
revealed in March that the nation that will receive the 2026 tournament
will be announced in May 2017, which gives the United States time to
formulate a bid, if they so wish.
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