World Cup to the USA in 2022?

The US had been preparing plans for a bid to host the 2018 World Cup, but pressure is coming to bear as England is also planning to bid for 2018 as well.  A new plan being floated will give England the 2018 World Cup and the US the 2022 Cup.  The United States should abandon plans to host the 2018 World Cup in favor of a 2022 bid, FIFA vice president Jack Warner urged Tuesday.  Warner wants to back England to host football's showpiece tournament, but says it would be "political suicide" not to support the United States in his role as president of the CONCACAF federation, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Warner wants the United States, which hosted the 1994 edition, to reach a compromise: England in 2018 and the Americans in 2022.  That would suit David Beckham, the Los Angeles Galaxy and England midfielder, who could then serve as an ambassador for both.  "My message to the USA -- and they don't have to listen -- is to try to make a deal for 2022, and I'm quite sure that would have universal support," Warner said. "The kind of discussion I would have between England and the U.S. is, 'Will you support me in 2022?"