The video below is an interesting US perspective from TV host/comedian Drew Carey on the World Cup vs the Superbowl, and why the World Cup should come back to the USA in 2018 or 2022. Personally I think we have a good chance of England hosting it in 2018 and the US in 2022. That would be a right result personally, especially if Phoenix has an MLS team and a super-dooper indoor soccer stadium by then!!
FIFA likes to rotate the World Cup around continents. From 1958 (Sweden), FIFA began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe; this pattern continued until 2002 when the Finals were hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan. This was the first World Cup to be held in Asia, and the only tournament with multiple hosts. Next month South Africa will become the first African nation to host the World Cup. And in 2014, the competition will return to South America (Brazil) for the first time since 1978 (Argentina). This will be the first time that consecutive World Cups will be held outside Europe.
In October 2007, FIFA ended the continental rotation policy. Instead the last two tournament host confederations are ineligible, which means African nations are ineligible for 2018 and South America are ineligible for both 2018 and 2022. Personally I think that gives Europe (basically England) a more than fair chance of winning in 2018, and consequently the US a great chance in 2022 (as Europe & South America will be ineligible), unless they take it back to Asia, or even Australisia!
In recent years, and by recent I mean the ones I can remember, South America had it in 1978 (Argentina), Europe in '82 (Spain), the Americas again in 1986 (Mexico), Europe again in 1990 (Italy), North America had it in '94 (USA), Europe again in '98 (France), Asia in 2002 (Japan/S Korea), Europe again in 2006 (Germany) and now Africa in 2010 (South Africa).
The decision for 2018 and 2022 will be made by FIFA on 9 December of this year!
Anyway, listen to what Drew Carey thinks with unfortunately just a little arrogance creeping in!
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