When it comes to the World Cup 2026 host city Christian Pulisic is most excited about, there’s only one word you need to know: Dalé!
Speaking to Fox Sports 1 after FIFA unveiled all of the host cities for the tournament on Thursday, the USMNT captain shouted out Miami as a host city he was particularly looking forward to seeing.
“I think Miami is a really exciting one for me,” said Pulisic. “You know, my family is living down there now, and that’s going to be an amazing atmosphere for sure.”
Pulisic is a Pennsylvania native, so there were natural assumptions he would highlight Philadelphia. Unsurprisingly, though, Pulisic said he’s looking forward to “really, all of them. Just to be in this continent, it’s going to be special.”
Hard Rock Stadium, a 64,767-seat stadium that is normally home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the Miami Hurricanes NCAA football team, is technically a few miles north of Miami proper, though that likely won’t make a difference to fans based locally or coming in from abroad to one of the U.S.’s most tourist-friendly cities.
The tournament coming to Miami will be a first. South Florida did not host any games during the 1994 men’s World Cup, with Florida’s games instead taking place in Orlando. The United States has hosted two women’s World Cups, but Miami was not part of either the 1999 or 2003 editions.
It has, however, hosted six Super Bowls, dozens of summer club and national team friendlies, and was for 14 years the home of Monster Jam, arguably the pinnacle of monster truck events.
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