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US World Cup bid team at Soccerex ‘09

The team bidding to bring the World Cup to the US in either 2018 or 2022 has signed up to take part in the Soccerex Global Convention.

The US team joins fellow World Cup bidding nations England, Russia, Japan, Australia, Holland-Belgium and Qatar at the convention, which takes place November 30 to December 2 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

“We want to thank our friends at Soccerex for the invitation to attend the conference” said David Downs, Executive Director of the USA Bid Committee. “We welcome the opportunity to interact with the global soccer community on the eve of the official FIFA Final Draw as we promote the USA’s Bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup”.