{"id":1456,"date":"2022-06-16T23:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T23:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/why-nigeria-may-return-to-atlanta-after-30-years-since-historic-olympics-triumph-i-soccernet-ng\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T23:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T23:03:43","slug":"why-nigeria-may-return-to-atlanta-after-30-years-since-historic-olympics-triumph-i-soccernet-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=1456","title":{"rendered":"Why Nigeria may return to Atlanta after 30 years since historic Olympics triumph i &#8211; Soccernet.ng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The world football governing body on Thursday released a list of cities to host the 2026 World Cup with the site of Nigeria\u2019s 1996 Olympics success also a part of them<\/em><br \/>The Dream Team picked up a Gold medal at the Atlanta 96 Olympics defeating Brazil and Argentina to arguably the greatest global feat in Nigeria\u2019s football history.<br \/>With the Super Eagles\u2019 absence at the 2022, World Cup confirmed after missing out on the ticket to Ghana, the focus is on the next World Cup in four years\u2019 time.<br \/>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIFAWorldCup<\/a> 2026 Host Cities:<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Atlanta<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Boston<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Dallas<br \/>\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfdGuadalajara<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Houston<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Kansas City<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Los Angeles<br \/>\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfdMexico City<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Miami<br \/>\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfdMonterrey<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8New York \/ New Jersey<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Philadelphia<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8San Francisco Bay Area<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Seattle<br \/>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6Toronto<br \/>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6Vancouver<br \/>&mdash; FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1537552949722890241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The United States, Mexico and Canada will come together to host North America\u2019s first World Cup since 1994.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2022\/06\/fifa-to-unveil-host-cities-for-record-making-world-cup-later-today.html\">Sixteen host cities have been selected<\/a> and eleven of them are in the United States. 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