Berhalter: Americans can be proud of their team (1:46)Gregg Berhalter talks to Sam Borden after the USMNT’s World Cup exit at the hands of the Netherlands. (1:46)
Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of global football, said a final decision has not yet been made on the format for the 2026 World Cup, which is being hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The 2022 World Cup saw great drama as the group stage climaxed with all four teams played simultaneously, but with the final tournament being expanded from 32 to 48 teams, FIFA has to find a new system.
It’s almost six years since the FIFA council voted to increase the size of the World Cup in January 2017 and approved a format which would see the 48 teams divided into 16 groups of three teams — with the top two going through to a round of 32.
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