FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, will name at least 16 venues Thursday to host games in the 2026 World Cup, which will be played in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The announcement will come at 5 p.m. Eastern in New York. Fox Sports 1 and Spanish-language Universo will provide coverage.
At least 10 U.S. markets are expected to be selected from a field of 16, which includes a joint bid between Washington and Baltimore. Mexico and Canada have three candidates apiece.
Rarely in the tournament’s 92-year history has the nation’s capital (or its immediate area) not hosted World Cup games, but because FedEx Field in Landover, Md.