Youth soccer teams from New Jersey and Long island react Thursday after New York and New Jersey were announced as one of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup games.

The moment seemed like it would never come.

Two youth soccer teams, one from New Jersey and one from Long Island, huddled under a giant TV screen listening to cities across the USA, Mexico and Canada get picked as sites for the 2026 World Cup.

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