Football great Mia Hamm, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and comedian Drew Carey attended the first board meeting of the U.S. bid committee trying to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.
U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati also was at the three-hour session on Tuesday, held at Major League Soccer's offices. U.S. coach Bob Bradley, who was not on the board, sat in.
FIFA will choose the 2018 and 2022 hosts next December. The U.S.
will propose 12-to-18 host cities in its bid book, which is due to FIFA by May. Thirty-two stadiums are under consideration for what would be the second World Cup in the U.S., the first since 1994.
"We were really gathering everybody to focus their attention on the upcoming year, which I would say is the campaign phase of the bid," executive director David Downs said in a telephone interview.
Eight of the 24 voters on FIFA's executive committee are from Europe, making that continent the favorite to host in 2018.
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