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the 2026 fifa world cup cities

1/2/2026

 
A Brief Excerpt
​('Things To Do List': Share this map!)
PictureThe 2026 FIFA World Cup cities map. Check out the middle part ;)
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Cities
Published with Cardinal Publishers Group, January 2, 2026

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By Shane Stay

Here you go soccer fans, the 2026 FIFA World Cup map:

​The 2026 FIFA World Cup could be the best one ever, literally. I’m looking forward to it. Over a billion—people and maybe well-trained pets—are looking forward to it. Hold on a sec. Let’s just go over a quick little slight thing…It’s just a second, it really won’t be that big-a-deal.

It goes without saying, there’s something interesting with this map. Why’s there only one in the middle? Yeah, right. There’s 3 on the East Coast, where Bob Bradley is sipping tea, Princeton sweater on, with a painting of a yacht on the wall. Listen, listen to me yacht fella, put your tasty beverage down. “What?” Did you say what? Say what again! Say what again! I dare you, I double…And those 3 are right next to each other? Huh? What? You can scratch Boston or Philly from that list, duh. New York, Philly would work. Atlanta, yes. Miami, yes. Dallas and Houston? Pick one. I’d go with Dallas. Seattle, yes. SF, where I owned a restaurant, sure, I guess, it gives me a chance to mention Vine & Barrel. LA, where I grew up—in part—with family, I guess. But let’s go to the middle bit. Just Kansas City? Really? Really??? No Detroit, Chicago, or St. Louis as a second? Oh ok, yeah that makes sense. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, no, I get it: Because St. Louis and Chicago have nothing to do with the history of soccer in America. They really don’t. Everyone knows that. Especially St. Louis, the capitol of soccer in America. Realistically, delete Houston—they might not notice—from the list and add either St. Louis or Chicago. No, I’m not saying this as a native of St. Louis and one who’s lived in Chicago. For argument’s sake, let’s just say I live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I don’t but just imagine maybe I do…right by the place where Rockefeller had secret UFO meetings. When I buy groceries, I say hi to all the locals. Over there. Even then, I’d still be noticing one in the middle, because…it’s weird. As someone else told me, it’s weird. Only one in the middle?

More at Cardinal Publishers Group...

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Some players from this book will be in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Out soon...Get ready for March 26, March 31 FIFA Playoffs! That's what the world is waiting for!

32

12/13/2025

 
32

the pixies

12/6/2025

 
The songs start out simple and addictive, talky, childlike, then it gets out of their control with mad scientist brilliance but completely in their control as they navigate through a masterpiece.

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​I'm a music critic now? What decade am I in?
Who's next, Sting?

Sting, technically sound like a studio musician, perfect. Live? Sounds like you're in the studio. 



I'm told I'm the best DJ around. For more, see Song of the Day. Martha Quinn eat your heart out. Next up: EPMD, "B.E. the Green-Eyed Bandit." Something like that. 

correct prediction: Miami

12/6/2025

 
Correct Prediction for:

​2025 MLS Cup Champs: Inter Miami

The prediction was made here, home page: 

"Current prediction: 2025 MLS Cup champs will be Inter Miami...prediction made here, 11-24-25."



A FEW OF SHANE'S MIGHTY PREDICTIONS

​2025 MLS Cup Champs: Inter Miami 
2024 UEFA Euro Champs: Spain (Published: Cardinal Publishers Group, 2024)
2024 Copa America Champs: Argentina (Published: Cardinal Publishers Group, 2024)

2024 Champions League Champs: Real Madrid
​2022 Champions League Champs: Real Madrid 
​2020-21 UEFA Euro Champs: Italy 
2020 MLS Cup Champs: Portland
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champs: USWNT


2026 World Cup update...

11/13/2025

 
Your World Cup stop!

Watching live:

2026 World Cup qualifiers
CONCACAF
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El Salvador vs. Suriname

Next up: 
Bermuda vs. Curacao

What is there to report?
Use your imagination...We could start with: Uniforms include Macron and Umbro. 

The 2026 World Cup arrives soon

10/24/2025

 
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A big event for the FIFA World Cup!
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Over to the left are 3 nations hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup!
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In ancient times, what would compare with our World Cup?
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Wilson, perhaps due for a soccer comeback?
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If only Johnny could announce the World Cup!
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As far as we know, the World Cup champs are the best around!
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These pictures might not make sense. We'll talk to the editor!
Malta. Again, this picture might not make sense. Never mind.
Wherever you go during the World Cup, you're likely to encounter a barcode! Canadian barcodes might have different accents! 
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Action from the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
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Books!
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This is where your teams reside!
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Back to Wilson. This is not a Tom Hanks thing.
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Feel free to guess...it isn't super World Cup-related. (Answer: Baalbek, an ancient mystery!)
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Time to party?! I'm upset I wasn't invited!
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Some Argentinian guy left, not sure his name. We'll focus on the book to his right, rather. There we go!
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more around the corner Vince Guaraldi...

museum of me

10/18/2025

 
Museum of Me
12-30-22
 
I’ve realized I’m just lugging my own personal museum of my pointless stuff.
 
For my stuff, it’s my own personal museum—that only I care about.
 
A pair of Dockers dress shoes from circa 2004 that were snazzy, once upon a time…like Frank Sinatra, etc.
 
(I’ve been accused of being a hoarder. No. Hoarders are like someone I know. My fiancee hoarded and accused me of hoarding. They often deflect. You’re telling me a couple TVs, coffee maker, and a box of cologne packages is hoarding? I don’t think so. I gotta a couple things but it’s nothing like a garage full of mysterious boxes that only one person knows about.)
 
Hoarders are just really bad museum curators.
 
They’re like the worst museum curators in the world.
 
Their intentions are good, save things. But they are a mess!

visit with "The soccer dad-pod"

10/14/2025

 
Joined the guys from "The Soccer Dad-Pod," for my 2nd visit on Episode 256 featuring the 100 American Soccer Legends list, from Soccer Park, St. Louis, Missouri, October 13, 2025, my favorite month.

More around the corner with "The Soccer Dad-Pod" including but not limited to interviews with USMNT standouts Thomas Dooley and Tab Ramos!
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USMNT. A way back team for inspiration! More where that came from.

top 5 fifa world cup final games

9/29/2025

 
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Down there is the list.
Top 5 FIFA World Cup Final Games:

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2. 2006 Italy vs. France
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What would yours be? 


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The 2026 FIFA World Cup, getting closer!

9/25/2025

 
Newsletter
Shane Stay
September 2025

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is getting closer! 

The USMNT will have much of the attention, alongside Mexico and Canada, for a special reason. 

It's not that teams have increased from 32 to 48. That's a big deal but it's something else unique to World Cup history.
With Canada, Mexico, and the United States hosting, it will be the first of its kind...three nations hosting together!  
With the focal point of games being in the United States, along with the US being the leading sports-nation on earth, the USMNT will have plenty of people watching, wondering, doubting, and keeping score. 

As for the increase of teams to 48: how will that play out? 
Will the tournament be "watered down" as some analysts think? The rationale is that with so many teams, the stringent nature of qualifying has gone out the window. The competition will be weaker, some assert. 
At the same time, it will be enticing to see 48 teams starting the tournament! As each one tries to escape its group, the amount of games to watch and talking points will be endless. 
By tournament's end, it will likely be clear as to whether or not fans buy into the 48 team model. 

As qualifications build up, there's more around the corner!


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