The White House hosted the group’s first meeting to address the planning of FIFA tournaments that will be held soon in the United States

Donald Trump, president of the United States, hosted the first meeting of the White House Working Group, created to supervise the preparations FIFA 2025 ™ Club World Cup and of The FIFA World Cup 26 ™and confirmed that it will help “plan the largest, safe and extraordinary football competition in history.”

The President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, the United States vice president, JD Vance, the secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, and the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, among other members of the US government and the FIFA administration attended. The president of the United States ratified the appointment of Andrew Giuliani as executive director of the Working Group, as well as Carlos Cordeiro, current senior advisor of the President of the FIFA, as a senior counselor of the new working group.

“It is a unique opportunity to demonstrate the beauty and greatness of America, so we are impatient to welcome fans from all corners of the planet,” said President Trump. I have urged the members of my team to do everything in our hands so that the World Cup is an unprecedented success. Without a doubt, it will be very special. Together we will ensure that the 2026 World Cup is the best football competition in history ».

The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, was grateful for the constant support and commitment demonstrated by the Trump government. «The entire world will be aware of what happens in the United States of America, and America will welcome the world. Those who want to come to enjoy, to have a good time and pay tribute to this sport, can do so in the different venues, in the eleven host cities distributed throughout the country. We all fully trust the United States and the different partners and agencies; We know that they will show the planet something unprecedented, something that we may never see again ».

Likewise, the president of FIFA added that the two competitions would involve a yield close to 50 billion USD for the United States, in addition to the creation of approximately 300,000 jobs.

The FIFA World Cup 26 ™co -organized by Canada and Mexico, will be held from June 11 to July 19, 2026 and will face 48 selections in 104 games played in 16 citiesso it will be the largest and most inclusive competition of the 96 years of World Cup history. For its part, The FIFA 2025 ™ Club World Cuporganized exclusively by the United States, will be held from June 14 to July 13 of this year, and will measure for the first time the 32 best clubs in the world. The competition will consist of 63 games, which will be played in twelve stadiums from eleven cities hosts, and will be the largest and most inclusive international club tournament in history.

The meeting also was attended by other members of the US government such as Scott Besent, secretary of the Treasury; Pam Bondi, Attorney General; Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce; Todd Young, member of the Senate; Shelley Moore Capito, member of the Senate; Darin Lahood, member of the House of Representatives; Bryan Steil, member of the House of Representatives; Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Steve Feinberg, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State; Russ Vought, director of the Office of Administration and Budget; Maribel Alcantara, of the National Security Operations Department, and Nick Luna, personal assistant of the President and Deputy Director of the Presidential Office for Strategic Implementation.

Carlos Cordeiro, a renowned figure in the commercial and sports management of world football, will play a fundamental role in the integration of FIFA into the working group. Mr. Cordeiro has been advising FIFA since September 2021 on strategic innovation, in order to boost football growth in all areas.

Previously, he designed and carried out several reforms within the US Football Federation, an agency that he directed for more than a decade; First, as an independent director, a function that he accessed in 2007 and, later, as president, a position he held from 2018 to 2020. In 2018, he highlighted at the head of the candidacy that, finally, took the FIFA 26 ™ World Cup to North America.