Report: FIFA Swerves Paying Millions to U.S. Host Cities Post-World Cup

As if FIFA needed yet another scandal, it is now being reported that soccer’s governing body is evading payments it verbally promised to make to the World Cup’s U.S. host cities.

Although it wasn’t announced publicly, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his management repeatedly stated their intention to pay each of the 11 U.S. cities an additional $1 million contribution for hosting multiple games across the six-week tournament, payments that have still not been made, per The Athletic. The payout was a precedent set at the FIFA Club World last year, which saw Infantino hand out $1 million to each host city for that competition, citing it as a “legacy contribution.”