Once we’re done fixating on all of the festivities from the 2022 Men’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar later this year, the eyes of the soccer world will soon turn to the 2026 edition, which will take place in the United States. In its 90-plus-year history, it’ll be just the second time the Americans have hosted the prestigious global soccer tournament and will mark over three decades since the last instance in 1994.
Before a Thursday reveal of the official sites for the 2026 tournament, it sure seems like the FIFA organization might have forgotten (or never knew in the first place?) where some major U.S. cities are actually located:
Questionable geography on this FIFA map, unless Denver and Dallas moved recently… pic.twitter.com/7YkpsF1Trv
— Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) June 16, 2022
I’m admittedly not a keen geography expert by any means, but I’m pretty confident Denver, Colorado, isn’t in Montana. I’ll say the same for:
- Nashville, Tennessee, now apparently relocating to Illinois
- Atlanta, Georgia, calling Tennessee home
- Boston, Massachusetts moving up to frigid Maine
- Dallas, Texas, settling into Oklahoma
- Cincinnati, Ohio taking over Indiana
Hey, I mean, look: It’s been a while since FIFA had to organize something in the United States. I get it. Those synapses probably haven’t fired in a bit. Even still, if you’re going to arrange a major multi-billion dollar tournament watched by people worldwide, you probably want to know where you’re sending the players to play—just a thought.
