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SHOWS: VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS, MOROCCO / ANIMATION (FILE) (MOROCCO 2026 BID HANDOUT - ACCESS ALL) 1.
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FOR MOROCCO'S 2026 WORLD CUP BID / FINISHES ON LOGO, READING: "2026 BIDDING NATION MOROCCO" HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES (FILE - APRIL 13, 2018) (U.S.
SOCCER FEDERATION - ACCESS ALL) (MUTE) 2.
INTERIOR RED BULL ARENA - SITE WHERE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER'S (MLS) NEW YORK RED BULLS PLAY HOME MATCHES AND SITE THAT COULD HOST 2026 WORLD CUP MATCHES 3.
ELECTRONIC SIGNS WELCOMING FIFA GROUP EVALUATING SITE AS PART OF JOINT USA-CANADA-MEXICO 2026 WORLD CUP BID 4.
FIFA GROUP IN RED BULL ARENA FIELD 5.
INTERIOR OF RED BULL ARENA 6.
WIDE OF FIFA GROUP LEAVING FIELD EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES (FILE - APRIL 13, 2018) (U.S.
SOCCER FEDERATION - ACCESS ALL) (MUTE) 7.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE OUTSIDE METLIFE STADIUM - SITE WHERE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (NFL) NEW YORK GIANTS AND NEW YORK JETS PLAY HOME GAMES AND STADIUM THAT COULD HOST 2026 WORLD CUP MATCHES 8.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE LOOKING DOWN ON METLIFE STADIUM FIELD FROM SEATS 9.
METLIFE STADIUM SEATS AND VIDEO SCREEN 10.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE UNDERNEATH ELECTRONIC SIGN 11.
INTERIOR METLIFE STADIUM INTERIOR WITH FIFA EVALUATION GROUP WALKING ACROSS FIELD 12.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE INSIDE NEW YORK GIANTS LOCKER ROOM 13.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE WALKING THROUGH STADIUM 14.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE NEXT TO METLIFE STADIUM FIELD 15.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE WALKING PAST LARGE VIDEO SCREEN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - APRIL 11, 2018) (US SOCCER FEDERATION - ACCESS ALL) (MUTE) 16.
FIFA EVALUATION COMMITTEE OUTSIDE MERCEDES BENZ STADIUM 17.
VARIOUS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE INSIDE THE STADIUM MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (FILE - FEBRUARY 16, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 18.
EXTERIOR OF AZTECA STADIUM 19.
WORDS SAYING 'MEXICO' IN STADIUM 20.
OFFICIALS FROM MEXICO FOOTBALL FEDERATION AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WALKING TO PODIUM2 21.
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND JOURNALISTS AT WORK 22.
MEXICAN INTERIOR MINISTER, ALFONSO NAVARRETE, AND MEXICO'S DIRECTOR FOR MEXICO'S WORLD CUP CANDIDACY FOR, 2026 YON DE LUISA, SHAKING HANDS AND POSING 23.
NAVARRETE AND SECRETARY OF TOURISM ENRIQUE DE LA MADRID POSING WITH MEXICAN JERSEYS 24.
OFFICIALS ON STAGE DURING CEREMONY 25.
GOAL ON FIELD 26.
STADIUM BLEACHERS 27.
INTERIOR OF AZTECA STADIUM STORY: The hosts for the 2026 World Cup will be announced on Wednesday (June 13) at the FIFA Congress in Moscow.
The three-nation United States-led bid, also featuring Mexico and Canada, is up against Morocco to host the tournament.
Earlier in June, the three-nation bid outscored Morocco as both passed an inspection of their facilities and infrastructure.
The joint U.S., Canada and Mexico bid was given an overall score of four out of five by a five-man FIFA task force which evaluated the two bids while Morocco was awarded 2.7 in a 220-page report.
A minimum score of two was required to stay in the contest.
The decision means both bids will be hoping to win the votes of FIFA's 211 member associations at the Congress on Wednesday.
The U.S. hosted the finals in 1994 and bid unsuccessfully for 2022 while Mexico staged the 1970 and 1986 tournaments.
Morocco has already made four failed bids to host the World Cup.
Morocco has proposed using 14 stadiums in 12 cities, all within a 550km radius of Casablanca.
Nine of those stadiums would be built from scratch and the other five would require extensive refurbishment.
The North African nation plans a total investment of nearly $16 billion, mostly on improvements to infrastructure which the bid says the country needs anyway.
The so-called United bid from the U.S., Canada and Mexico plans to use 16 stadiums across the same number of cities, to be selected from 23 candidates, and says it will help FIFA achieve new records for attendance and revenue.
It says that all of its planned stadiums already exist and have a capacity of at least 68,000.