Barry tried but Donald delivered. From Yahoo:
U.S., Canada and Mexico win right to host 2026 World Cup
For the first time in 32 years, the men’s World Cup is coming back to North America.
FIFA’s 200-plus member associations gathered in Moscow on Wednesday and voted to award 2026 World Cup hosting rights to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The North American bid – the product of over a decade of planning and campaigning – beat out one rival bid, Morocco’s, by a vote of 134 to 65.
And this April 2009 article at The Guardian:
Barack Obama issues support for USA 2018 World Cup bid
Barack Obama has written to the Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, to signal his support for the United States' hosting of either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. In the letter Obama also recalls his early ties to football during his time spent as a child in Indonesia.
The difference? Leadership. Nobody wants to associate with a losing team.
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