Ahead of Saturday's knock-out round World Cup match between U.S. Men's Soccer and the Netherlands, several Houstonians say they're getting a better idea of how things will work when Houston hosts World Cup matches in 2026. | via houstonpubmedia
Sergino Dest of the United States fights for the ball with Iran's Milad Mohammadi during the World Cup match between Iran and the United States on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.
"There are so many aspects to it," Harris County-Houston Sports Authority CEO Janis Burke said. She has spent the last few days in Doha, Qatar ahead of Saturday's U.S. match."From security to escorting the teams, police escorts back and forth to their training sites and their stadiums, to making sure the whole world feels welcome and making sure that they can get visas and get into the country smoothly, so there really is a lot to it behind the scenes.
"We have a whole plan for innovation and for adding fields and the more time you have, the more of those kinds of things that you can do that leave a legacy for the city," Burke says."I like that we have more time than we did with the Super Bowl as far as planning, but it's never enough time."
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