Oso planning to go pro
Midwest got absolutely unnatural carnal knowledgeed
I was surprised to see Kansas City over Chicago.
Chicago wasn’t a finalist. Soldier Field can no longer fit a FIFA sized field.
What other option was there? Cincy? Nashville, if considered the Midwest? According to Nashville media, their bid wasn’t good enough. DC-Baltimore bring rejected is interesting. This tournament will be inky the third time in history a capital city of a host country won’t host (1970, 2002 Tokyo, though Seoul hosted games) with DC and Ottawa out.
Why not Detroit or Minneapolis?
They either didn’t bid or weren’t selected as finalists. Detroit hosted games in 1994.
Actually reports are Chicago would not pony up the tax dollars to fund the bid / bribe back in 2018. Chicago pulled out years ago but not due to facility issues. I don't live in Chicago and don't care much for soccer but it is weird Chicago is not in on this. Maybe soccer is not that popular in Chicago?
Not true at all. US Soccer is based in Chicago for one. Tons of youth soccer participation. A solid number of US internationals have come out of the Chicago areaAlso, the non-American soccer contingent is incredibly strong. Most international games at Soldier Field are very well attended.
??? 1970 was played in Mexico City. The 1974 Final was played in MunichThe 1994 Final was played in Pasadena. The 1998 Final was played in St DenisThe 2002 Final was played in Yokohama The 2014 Final was played in Rio. (The capital was moved in 1960 so the 1950 Final counts.)So this will be the sixth, unless you want to count 1998 and 2002 being in the same metro area as the capital, in which case it will be the fourth.
Not the final, any games.There were no games in Bonn in 1974 (though there were Berlin games, the capital of a united Germany). None in Tokyo in 2002.