The United Bid Committee for the joint Canada-United States-Mexico FIFA World Cup bid for 2026 announced on Wednesday they have narrowed the list of host city candidates once more, to 32 locations around North America.
Nine cities were removed from contention to be official host cities should the joint bid be awarded the 2026 World Cup hosting rights, although the committee emphasized that cities that do not become official host cities can still play a significant role in hosting the World Cup in North America for the first time since 1994.
Of the 32 cities still in contention, all of the locales that have an MLS team in the market remain in the running: Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, and Atlanta, Foxborough/Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York/New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, D.