Trump Says 2026 World Cup Draw Will Be Staged At Washington’s Kennedy Center

The 2026 World Cup tie will return spot astatine Washington’s Kennedy Center connected 5 December, US president Donald Trump confirmed connected Friday.

Calling it “the biggest, astir apt nan biggest arena successful sports”, Trump made nan announcement from nan Oval Office while seated alongside Fifa president Gianni Infantino. The president sported a headdress reference “Trump Was Right About Everything” arsenic he said to reporters.

Earlier successful nan day, Trump had hinted astatine nan news while disclosing that World Cup organizers would found their main agency wrong nan Kennedy Center, a landmark taste venue undergoing a $257m renewal nether his watch. He has described nan task arsenic a showpiece for adjacent year’s 250th day of US independence.

The 2026 tournament, co-hosted by nan United States, Canada and Mexico, will beryllium nan first to characteristic 48 teams and 104 matches. Canada is group to shape 13 fixtures, including 10 group games divided betwixt Toronto and Vancouver. Mexico will besides big 13, mostly successful Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. The remaining 78 contests will beryllium dispersed crossed 11 American cities.

Fifa, world football’s governing body, has already built retired its American footprint up of nan expanded competition, establishing offices successful Miami and wrong New York’s Trump Tower.