The 2026 World Cup didn’t go the way any of the host nations would’ve imagined, as the United States, Canada and Mexico each bowed out in the round of 16. Yet, as much as this World Cup was a planned peak for all three programs, life goes on.
Suddenly, it’s a new cycle: Mexico is no longer managed by Javier Aguirre—it’s now Rafael Márquez’s group—and the USMNT doesn’t know its future on the touchline, while Canada enters a new deal with Jesse Marsch.
