The U.S. Soccer Federation hasn’t decided if it will bid for the rights to stage the 2026 World Cup. And if it does, federation President Sunil Gulati said Friday, he hasn’t decided if he’ll invite Mexico or Canada — or both — to join him in a joint bid.
What Gulati and the federation have decided, however, is that Donald Trump’s victory in last week’s presidential election won’t influence them one way or the other.
“He’s the president of the United States on Jan. 20 and we’ll work with him,” Gulati said in a wide-ranging, hour-long interview before the U.