World soccer’s governing body, FIFA, selected Canada, Mexico and the United States to host the 2026 World Cup. On Wednesday, FIFA member countries voted 134-65 for the three nations over the other candidate, Morocco. The vote marks the first time that FIFA has accepted a three-nation bid for the soccer championship. The public vote took place in Moscow, where the 2018 soccer championship begins on Thursday. Football is known as soccer in the United States. The North American bid had to overcome concerns about the effects of policies of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. One such policy was a ban on travel from six majority-Muslim countries for security reasons. Cameroon’s representative to FIFA, Kevin Njomo, said the three-nation bid “was strong and if it was just the United StatesMorocco would have beaten them.” He added, “People have a soft spot for Mexico.”