[ZURICH COUNTDOWN] The races for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups are utterly complex with political forces conspiring to make the outcomes of both impossible topredict. Six, maybe seven, of the nine contenders have a legitimate shot of winning the right to host one of the two World Cups up for grabs. A few numbers are key, though, to explaining the dynamicsat play in the two races, in particular the USA’s chances in the 2022 race …

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