Soccer Insider Archive: USA World Cup bid
USA falls short in bid to host 2022 World Cup, losing to Qatar; Russia beats England for 2018 event
Qatar beats out the United States for the rights to host the 2022 World Cup, FIFA announced Thursday in Zurich. Russia wins the 2018 rights.
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Steve Goff
| December 2, 2010; 10:44 AM ET |
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Decision Day: 2018 and '22 World Cup
Thursday's festivities in Zurich begin with presentations by the 2018 World Cup candidates: Belgium-Netherlands is up first, followed by Spain-Portugal, England and Russia. FIFA's executive committee will then go behind closed doors to commence secret balloting. The 2018 host(s) will be determined first, then the 2022 selection. When all the...
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| December 2, 2010; 12:46 AM ET |
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Landon Donovan's inspiration: Romania vs. Argentina in the 1994 World Cup at the Rose Bowl
During his presentation on behalf of the USA World Cup bid today in Zurich, Landon Donovan revealed that his passion for international soccer was born in 1994, when, at age 12, he attended the World Cup round-of-16 match between Romania and Argentina at the Rose Bowl -- one of the...
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Steve Goff
| December 1, 2010; 4:16 PM ET |
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Poll: FIFA's 2022 World Cup decision
Here's your chance to predict the outcome of Thursday's vote by FIFA's executive committee in Zurich: poll by twiigs.com...
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| December 1, 2010; 9:51 AM ET |
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How the FIFA World Cup vote will work
We're less than two weeks away from FIFA's decision about the host nations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. How will it work? The executive committee will gather at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, listen to final presentations from each of the bidding groups and then vote on Thu., Dec....
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Steve Goff
| November 19, 2010; 6:27 PM ET |
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Qatar's World Cup bid concerns FIFA
According to FIFA evaluations, Qatar's bid to host the 2022 World Cup is of "high risk" from an operational standpoint, an assessment that should boost the American efforts to win hosting rights to the tournament. FIFA's executive committee will select the sites of the 2018 and '22 World Cups on...
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| November 19, 2010; 12:57 PM ET |
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