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2026 World Cup host cities: Ranking the contenders

The Pacific Northwest is the heart of soccer in the United States, and with CenturyLink Field offering a downtown setting, it's hard to imagine FIFA snubbing the Emerald City.

MOSCOW — The 2026 World Cup is coming to North America, an enormous land mass with dozens of cities that would love to host matches. Well before the United States, Mexico and Canada prevailed Wednesday, defeating Morocco in a landslide vote, the list of potential venues to fill 16 slots had been trimmed to 23. So where will the games be played?

First, the basics:

Slated to stage 60 matches, the United States will have the most locations (10 or 11).