KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - With three countries hosting more teams than ever before, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is shaping up to be an incredible undertaking.

“To put it in perspective, this will be the largest sporting event in the history of the world,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a Thursday press conference.

Duffy hosted the FIFA 2026 World Cup Summit at the Department of Transportation, one day before the Final Draw event takes place at the Kennedy Center. President Donald Trump is expected to be in attendance.

“As I tell my colleagues, we’re going to have 104 Super Bowls in 39 days simultaneously,” he said, expanding on his team’s work to make the U.S.’s portion of the World Cup safe and “seamless.”

Transportation and safety

“I don’t want to overstate it, but I t

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