Support the USA Bid, Clinton Does

President Bill Clinton and other board members of the USA Bid Committee to bring the FIFA World Cup to the U.S. in 2018 or 2022 met Thursday in Johannesburg with Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, host of this year’s 2010 FIFA World Cup.  With Former President Mandela, from left, is Sunil Gulati, president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and chairman of the USA Bid Committee; President Clinton, honorary chairman of the USA Bid Committee; Don Garber, commissioner of Major League Soccer; Carlos Cordeiro, vice chairman of the USA Bid Committee; and Dan Flynn, USSF CEO and secretary general.  President Clinton later spoke at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to pay tribute to Mandela's life and legacy. President Clinton will rejoin the U.S. team on Saturday in Rustenburg for its Round of 16 match vs. Ghana.  For more information on the U.S. bid, please visit gousabid.com.

Kansas City is one of 18 cities still in the running to host matches should this amazing tournament come to the USA. Games would be hosted at the New Arrowhead Stadium. To show your support for the bid, text "KansasCity" to 22442. Send the text, and tell all your friends to do the same!

President Bill Clinton sports a scarf promoting the United States’ bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022 during a break Thursday with U.S. reporters in Johannesburg. President Clinton, the honorary chairman of the USA Bid Committee, also met Thursday with various members of the FIFA Executive Committee who will vote December 2 on the nations that will host the FIFA World Cup tournaments in 2018 and 2022.

President Bill Clinton, honorary chairman of the USA Bid Committee to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022, discusses the efforts supporting bid during a meeting Thursday with U.S. reporters in Johannesburg.  Supporters of the U.S. bid have now logged nearly 650,000 petition signatures at gousabid.com.

President Bill Clinton, honorary chairman of the USA Bid Committee to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022, is joined by Sunil Gulati, chairman of the USA Bid Committee and president of the United States Soccer Federation, during a reception Thursday with various members of the FIFA executive committee in Johannesburg.