PRINTER'S NO. 4367
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1000
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, SANCHEZ, WILLIAMS, LONGIETTI, KENYATTA,
DELLOSO, GALLOWAY, HILL-EVANS, YOUNGBLOOD, NEILSON, CIRESI,
DRISCOLL, KINSEY, DONATUCCI, FREEMAN, CEPHAS, JONES, THOMAS,
KORTZ, SAMUELSON, McNEILL, COX, PASHINSKI, WEBSTER, BIZZARRO,
JAMES, BOBACK, MACKENZIE AND ROZZI, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Championing FIFA to choose Philadelphia as the site of the 2026
World Cup.
WHEREAS, The Federation Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA) was founded on May 21, 1904, to provide unity
among the original seven national soccer associations; and
WHEREAS, FIFA now has 211 member nations that comprise
varying confederations over the entire world; and
WHEREAS, Every four years, the FIFA World Cup is held with 32
teams competing to determine one winner; and
WHEREAS, The first championship was held in 1930 and has been
held every four years since then, except in 1942 and 1946 due to
World War II; and
WHEREAS, Using a ballot system, a host country is chosen by
FIFA's Council to determine where the World Cup will be held;
and
WHEREAS, For the first time in FIFA World Cup history, FIFA's
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