Is It Possible That Lincoln Financial Field Could Host Some World Cup Games In The Future?

I'm not sure how well known this is, but the U.S. has submitted a bit to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cups, both of which will be announced in December of 2010 (the 2014 World Cup is in Brazil). And naturally, when one submits a bid, a big list of possible stadiums is needed. Well, as it turns out Lincoln Financial Field is being looked at as a definite possibility for 2018 or 2022. There was originally a list of 70 stadiums and out of those, 45 were contacted by the U.S. Bid Committee. And The Linc was in that list of stadiums that were contacted. Here's the list in full from MSNBC.com

Ann Arbor, Mich. (University of Michigan); Arlington Texas (Cowboys Stadium); Atlanta (Georgia Dome); Baltimore (M&T Bank Stadium); Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field); Charlotte, N.C. (Bank of America Stadium); Chicago (Soldier Field); Cincinnati (Paul Brown Stadium); Cleveland (Cleveland Browns Stadium); Columbus, Ohio (Ohio Stadium);

Dallas (Cotton Bowl); Denver (Invesco Field); Detroit (Ford Field); East Rutherford, N.J. (new Meadowlands stadium); Fayetteville, Ark. (Reynolds Razorback Stadium); Foxborough, Mass. (Gillette Stadium); Glendale, Ariz. (University of Phoenix Stadium); Houston (Reliant Stadium);

Indianapolis, Ind. (Lucas Oil Stadium); Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville Municipal Stadium);

Kansas City, Mo. (Arrowhead Stadium); Knoxville, Tenn. (Neyland Stadium); Landover, Md. (FedEx Field); Las Vegas (Sports City USA); Los Angeles (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum); Miami (Land Shark Stadium); Minneapolis (Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome); Minneapolis (TCF Bank Stadium); Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field); New Orleans (Superdome);

Oakland, Calif. (Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum); Orlando, Fla. (Florida Citrus Bowl); Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Bowl); Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field); Pittsburgh (Heinz Field); St. Louis (Edward Jones Dome); Salt Lake City (Rice-Eccles Stadium); San Antonio, Texas (Alamodome); San Diego (Qualcomm Stadium); Stanford. Calif. (Stanford Stadium);

Seattle (Huskey Stadium); Seattle (Qwest Field); Tampa, Fla. (Raymond James Stadium); Tempe, Ariz. (Sun Devil Stadium); Washington (RFK Memorial Stadium)

I don't know, but I for one would be absolutely giddy if the U.S. got a future World Cup and if Philadelphia was one of the cities where games were played, especially seeing as Philadelphia was not included in the 1994 World Cup. And you have to wonder if the Linc, which will host 2 quarterfinal games in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, will be looked at in those games more in detail as a World Cup venue.