Complete Bid Book – United Bid

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Candidate Host Cities
Toronto
Toronto sits on the gentle hills and plains along Lake Ontario’s
northwestern shore divided by three rivers, and near Niagara
Falls.
Women’s Championship, the FIFA U-20 World
Cup Canada 2007 (serving as Headquarters
and hosting the Opening and Final Matches),
and the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada
2014 when they hosted the Opening Match.
The city supports professional franchises
in several sports: Toronto FC (MLS), Maple
Leafs (NHL), Raptors (NBA), Blue Jays (MLB),
Argonauts (CFL), Wolfpack (RFL), and Rock
(NLL). The city also hosts the annual tennis
Rogers Cup, an annual IndyCar Series, and
recently the Pan American Games in 2015.
The greater city also includes Toronto FC II,
the Toronto FC academy program, and
Canada Soccer’s Ontario Regional EXCEL
Super Centre for young women footballers.
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