among nine candidates bidding to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup™, along with Australia, England, Japan, Netherlands-Belgium, Portugal-Spain, Qatar, Russia, and South Korea. FIFA will select the host countries for 2018 and 2022 on December 2, 2010.
Miami is among 18 cities included in the U.S. bid. It is expected that 12-15 of those cities would ultimately be selected to host a portion of the 64 matches to be played as a part of the FIFA World Cup™. If the United States wins the bid, it is expected that the final list of host cities would be determined approximately five years prior to the event.
An important element of the effort locally continues to be an online petition drive to show support for the United States bid to host the FIFA World Cup™. The MIAMI Host City Bid Committee continues to encourage everyone in South Florida to visit www.gousabid.com/Miami to sign the online petition supporting the bid to bring the FIFA World Cup™ to the United States and Miami.
"The petition drive is huge," said Commissioner Diaz, "we want to be the first community to exceed the 50,000 mark, which has been our goal from the start."
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