Blatter's endorsement of Pieth's comments comes in the wake of the death of a second US citizen, Alex Pretti, last weekend. The World Cup is due to be hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico from 11 June to 19 July. What we are seeing domestically the marginalisation of political opponents, abuses by immigration services, et. hardly encourages fans to go there, Pieth said in an interview with Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger last week.