World Cup Bid An Investment In Atlanta Sports Future
by Leon Stafford and Doug Roberson (Analysis | Atlanta Journal-Constitution - May 20)
Now comes the hard part. In the quest to bring the World Cup to Atlanta in 2018 or 2022, city, sports and hospitality officials have made their arguments to FIFA -- the Cup's organizing body -- loud and clear. more details | go to article

World Cup A 1-Month Ad In US For 'Beautiful Game'
by Nancy Armour (Analysis | USA Today - May 20)
From California to the Carolinas, from soccer aficionados to those who can just about pick David Beckham out in a tabloid photo, the World Cup is generating some serious buzz in the United States. more details | go to article

Lord Triesman's Claims That England's World Cup Bid Rivals Tried To Bribe Referees Will Be Investigated By FIFA
by Charles Sale (Preview | Daily Mail (UK) - May 18)
England's troubled 2018 World Cup bid is facing two separate inquiries following Lord Triesman's allegations of corruption, which have led to his resignation as FA and campaign chairman. more details | go to article

Why The World Needs U.S. World Cup
by Les Carpenter (Commentary | Yahoo - May 14)
America’s official bid to host soccer’s World Cup again is a testament to excess: 1,250 pages long, sewn into four hard-cover, full-color volumes, that are tucked into a thick black binder and loaded in a brown cardboard carrying case. It even has its own handle. more details | go to article

St. Louis Is In U.S. Soccer's World Cup Bid
by Tom Timmermann (Blog Entry | St. Louis Post Dispatch - May 14)
I had a chance to take a look at the bid books that U.S. Soccer submitted to FIFA today — five volumes, about 1,200 pages, lots of pictures and charts and diagrams and descriptions of everything from how many jumbo jets you can park at LAX to how the political system works. And on two pages, you can find St. Louis. more details | go to article

Bid Book Submission Conference Call With Sunil Gulati And David Downs Quote Sheet
by No Author Listed (Profile/Interview | USSF - May 14)
Quotes from the May 14, 2010 conference call with Sunil Gulati, David Downs, and Carlos Bocanegra following the submission of the official USA Bid Book to FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland. more details | go to article

USA Bid Committee Submits Official Bid Book To Host 2018 Or 2022 FIFA World Cup In United States
by No Author Listed (Press Release | USSF - May 14)
A delegation from the USA Bid Committee submitted the official Unites States Bid Book to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup™ in a formal ceremony at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland today. more details | go to article

De La Hoya Adds Punch To U.S. Bid Effort
by No Author Listed (Press Release | Soccer America - March 2)
The USA Bid Committee has its share of politicians and executives, soccer and otherwise, on its board of directors, but it also has celebrities from the world of sports and entertainment. Oscar De La Hoya, who joined the board of directors, fits into both categories. more details | go to article

International Boxing Legend Oscar De La Hoya Joins Teams To Bring FIFA World Cup To United States In 2018 Or 2022
by No Author Listed (Press Release | USSF - March 1)
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya – who won 10 different world titles spanning six different weight categories, as well as a 1992 Olympic gold medal – has formally accepted an invitation to join the Board of Directors for the USA Bid Committee in its effort to bring the FIFA World Cup™ to the United States in 2018 or 2022. more details | go to article

Attendance A Key If Tampa Wants To Host World Cup Games
by Brian Landman (Analysis | St. Petersburg Times - February 25)
If the United States wins the right to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, organizers will have to pare the list of cities, which includes Tampa, from 18 to 12 or, perhaps, 14. To make that final cut, which won't happen until five years before the event, U.S. Soccer president and USA Bid Committee chairman Sunil Gulati said cities will "need to distinguish themselves." more details | go to article

The Asian Threat
by Paul Kennedy (Analysis | Soccer America - February 19)
By almost any standard, the United States should be a cinch to land one of the World Cups up for bid: 2018 or 2022. It has everything: stadiums, infrastructure, organization and a home market of soccer-crazy fans. more details | go to article

Gulati: 2010 Very, Very Important For American Soccer
by Paul Gardner (Profile/Interview | Soccer America - February 17)
The election of Sunil Gulati as President of the United States Soccer Federation four years ago was unquestionably one of the most important events in the history of the sport in this country. more details | go to article

Tampa Bay & Company: Tampa ‘on The Cusp’
by Margaret Cashill (Analysis | Tampa Bay Business Journal - January 28)
A FIFA World Cup championship game and the Republican National Convention could both be on the Tampa Bay area’s horizon. more details | go to article

Tampa Chosen For Inclusion In FIFA World Cup Bid
by No Author Listed (Press Release | Tampa Bay Business Journal - January 12)
Tampa is one of 18 cities the U.S. Soccer Federation bid committee has selected to include in its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup games. more details | go to article

U.S. Bid Enters Critical Stage
by Paul Kennedy (Analysis | Soccer America - December 16)
What would it take to get U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley in a room together with Mia Hamm, Drew Carey, Henry Kissinger and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft? They were among the attendees for Tuesday's board of directors meeting of the USA Bid Committee to bring the World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022 at Major League Soccer headquarters in New York. more details | go to article