The Oceania Football Confederation, one of FIFA’s six regional governing bodies, threw its “collective support” behind a bid by the United States, Mexico and Canada to host the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, putting another powerful shoulder behind the effort to bring soccer’s biggest event back to North America.
While the Oceania body is FIFA’s smallest confederation, its president, David Chung, is a FIFA vice president, and his unqualified support is yet another sign of the growing momentum toward approval of the bid, perhaps as soon as next year — two years ahead of schedule.