The joint CONCACAF bid for the 2026 World Cup between the United States, Mexico and Canada will have to wait to go through the traditional bid process. Simon Evans of Reuters reported today that FIFA has denied CONCACAF’s request to fast track the bid through a one-year exclusive negotiation window.
FIFA have rejected a 'fast tracking' of US led World Cup bid. Leaving options open for other potential bidders until August.
— Simon Evans (@sgevans) May 9, 2017
This means that the bid process will be open to nations from OFC (Oceania), CAF (Africa) and CONMEBOL (South America) until the August.