United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid

United 2026, also known as the North American 2026 bid, was a successful joint bid led by the United States Soccer Federation, together with the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation, to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America.

While the soccer federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States had individually announced plans to field a bid for the 2026 World Cup, the concept of a joint bid among the three North American countries was first proposed in 2016. The joint bid was unveiled on April 10, 2017, under which the tournament would be held at venues in all three countries. A shortlist of 23 candidate cities were named in the official bid, with 17 in the U.S., 3 in Canada, and 3 in Mexico. The final list included eleven U.S. cities that joined two Canadian cities and three Mexican cities, to form the roster of 16 cities that hosted the matches of the World Cup. Although a joint bid, the majority of the matches were held in the United States. The initial bid recommended that the United States would host 60 of the 80 matches. After the tournament format was modified in March 2023, the match allocation then stood as follows: of the 104 matches, Canada hosted 13 matches, Mexico hosted 13 matches, and the United States hosted 78 matches, including all matches from the quarterfinals onward.

On June 13, 2018, at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia, the United bid was selected by 134 votes to Morocco's 65. Upon this selection, Canada became the fifth country to host both the men's and women's World Cup, joining Sweden, the United States, Germany, and France. Mexico became the first country to host three men's World Cups, and the United States became the first country to host both the men's and women's World Cup twice each. This was the first World Cup to be hosted in three countries, as well as the first since 2002 and the second overall to be held in multiple countries.