Their exhausting campaign came to a successful end when FIFA awarded the 2026 World Cup to the United States, Canada and Mexico on Wednesday. But for those in charge of organizing the tournament, the work is only just beginning.
Potential commercial opportunities, practical legal hurdles involved with throwing a huge event in three separate, large countries and a litany of other questions must be answered in the buildup to the 2026 tournament, which will be the first World Cup to feature an expanded field of 48 teams.
Two of the more pressing issues on the docket?