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    What lessons can the 2026 World Cup in North America learn from 2022?

    by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times Dec 19, 2022 4 minutes
    Lionel Messi of Argentina lifts the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Winner's Trophy alongside his team mates during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on Dec. 18, 2022, in Lusail City, Qatar.

    Sunday's World Cup final, which ended with Lionel Messi finally grasping the one trophy he'd never won, was the most dramatic in tournament history. It was great theater, a bare-knuckle brawl that played out over 120 minutes and four rounds of penalty kicks before Argentina was declared the victor following a game that ended in a 3-3 draw.

    Which raises one very vexing question: What to do for an encore?

    The next kicks off in 3½ years and will be the largest and most complex ever, with a record 48 teams playing 80 games in 16 cities spread across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. It's not so much a soccer tournament as

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