’s interest would be driven by more than geography. The United States offers major stadiums, established transport links, a powerful broadcast market and growing commercial interest in football. It also has recent experience staging tournaments, giving organisers a ready-made framework for a competition that could demand a huge operational footprint.
The report says has held talks with US officials, while the tournament’s selection process has yet to be announced. A return to North America would also fit the sport’s wider push to turn the region’s rising popularity into long-term revenue.
Expansion would give more clubs access to ’s global stage, but it would also intensify concerns over fixture congestion, travel and player welfare. The Club World Cup already sits within an increasingly crowded calendar, and adding more teams could make the event harder to balance competitively.
For , the calculation is clear: a larger tournament creates more matches, more broadcast inventory and more opportunities for sponsors. For clubs and players, the sporting value will depend on whether the format feels meaningful rather than merely massive.
The report also says Donald Trump asked president Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s sending-off during the United States match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. ’s disciplinary committee is said to have suspended the striker’s one-match ban, allowing him to play in the next round.
That reported intervention adds a sensitive subplot to ’s North American ambitions, where football, government and commercial interests are becoming increasingly intertwined.
The next major storyline will be whether opens a formal host process and whether the United States turns its commercial advantage into an official 2029 bid.