The Qatar World Cup has not yet started 2022 and the United States is already taking its forecasts for the World Cup in 2026 in which it will host together with Mexico and Canada, for this, the US Soccer Federation has hired a new general director.
The one chosen by the American federation is JT Batson, who had already worked in the organization’s finance department and will now have the objective of further promoting football competitiveness on and off the field, ahead of the World Cup 2026.
US Soccer has placed its trust in Batson to this important work due to his “long experience working in large and complex companies and his knowledge of the complex system of modern business”.
The United States has had significant soccer growth in recent years with the women’s team as one of the best in the world while the men’s managed to qualify for the World Cup after being left out of the edition of 2018 held in Russia .
Likewise, ‘Team USA’ can rest easy with its future since it has many young players with great talent who have managed to make the leap to the elite of the European football such as the cases of Christian Pulisic with Chelsea and Gio Reyna with Borussia Dortmund.
However, the federation does not want to leave its future to chance and is already moving to avoid not only to be one of the hosts of the World Cup 2026, but to appear co as one of the contenders to lift the long-awaited trophy
For his part, the new CEO, JT Batson, has taken on this opportunity with great expectation and affirming that he will work to meet the objectives. “I believe in teamwork and collaboration and, at this historic moment for soccer in the United States, that will be essential to guide the USSF to new horizons,” he said.2026