World Cup USA - 2022?

[DaddyTorgo]

Kissinger joins board for U.S. World Cup bid - U.S. Soccer - ESPN Soccernet (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=632595&sec=us&&cc=5901)



NEW YORK -- Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger joined the board of U.S. organizers bidding to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.

Kissinger was chairman of the advisory committee of the successful bid in 1988 for the 1994 World Cup and became vice chairman of the organizing committee. He previously was part of the failed U.S. bid for the 1986 tournament, when FIFA said it would be moved from Colombia. Mexico wound up hosting.

Kissinger received FIFA's order of merit in 1996, with the governing body saying his "support for football from the high-profile position of his public office has contributed greatly to raising its visibility and credibility in the United States."

[Big Fo]

I think the US has a great chance for 2022. South America and Africa will have been too recent. I'm assuming 2018 goes to England/Russia/somewhere else in Europe.

Looking at the other bidding nations:

Australia doesn't have enough big cities, Japan/SK hosted in 2002, Mexico is unstable, Qatar is tiny and the players would boil in the desert summer, and I don't think Indonesia is suitable for multiple reasons (money, stadiums, the level of play there is poor, etc.)

[dacman]

Frankly, it's merely a formality at this point. FIFA have practically declared that England will host in 2018 and the US in 2022 -- that is if you read tea leaves well.