The 6 million fans will come from Asia and Latin America, from Africa and Europe, from all across the globe. The 2026 men’s World Cup, co-hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico, will “welcome” them; it will be “the greatest spectacle of celebration and inclusivity,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said, and “the biggest, best and most inclusive FIFA World Cup ever.”
With 17 months until kickoff, however, it is dogged by festering concerns that some of those millions won’t be allowed to enter the United States — because they won’t be able to get U.