If the United States succeeds in its bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022, the New York area will be a host city. Following a nine-month selection process, the USA Bid Committee selected New York-New Jersey, which is really just New Jersey, as one of the eighteen cities that would host World Cup matches.
Games in "New York" would be at the New Meadowlands Stadium, the future home of the Giants and Jets. Giants Stadium hosted seven games during the 1994 World Cup when the United States acted as the host of the tournament for its first and only time. The other host cities would be Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City MO/KS, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Philadelphia, Phoenix-Glendale, San Diego, Seattle, Tampa Bay and Washington D.C.
Other nations bidding for 2018 and 2022 include Australia, Belgium/Netherlands, England, Japan, Russia, and Spain/Portugal while Indonesia, South Korea and Qatar are vying only for the 2022 World Cup. FIFA will announce the hosts of both tournaments in December of this year.
