LESSON FOR THE ZAMBIAN OPPOSITION TO LEARN FROM THE ‘UNITED AS ONE’ ALLIANCE BY USA, CANADA AND MEXICO TO CO-HOST WORLD CUP 2026
By Ballot reporter
11th June, 2026
Initially, the US, Canada and Mexico announced plans to field individual bids for the 2026 World Cup hosting rights. But later they opted to join hands, presenting themselves with the slogan “United As One”.
In 2017, the football associations of the North American trio officially announced their alliance, calling it the “United Bid”.
A year later, at FIFA’s 68th Congress in Moscow, Russia, FIFA’s member associations cast votes, and ultimately the United Bid won 67 percent of the 200 votes.
With that, history was made, as FIFA announced a World Cup would be held in three countries for the first time in the tournament’s 96-year history.
On the contrary, despite calls for a united front here Zambia, the opposition exhibited utmost selfishness, prioritizing their personal interests above a common goal. In the words of Given Lubinda, today, they are “falling together like f00ls”
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