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Mexico the 'home side in many cities' at the proposed World Cup - Cantu

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The FC panel examine the arguments for and against a joint 2026 World Cup bid from the U.S. perspective.

Mexico football federation (FMF) general secretary Guillermo Cantu believes that El Tri will be at home in the 2026 World Cup, should the CONCACAF joint bid succeed, even though the vast majority of the matches would be played outside of Mexico.

The news of the joint World Cup bid was met with some resistance in Mexico, almost entirely because the country -- host of the 1970 and 1986 World Cups -- was expected to be handed more games.