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Despite appearing together at a stadium indisputably located in New Jersey’s Meadowlands for the World Cup on Saturday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s offices kept up their social media feud about which state is truly hosting.
“So we both agree New York IS the World Cup?” the New York governor’s press office posted to X, formerly Twitter, in response to a photo of Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during Saturday‘s match at MetLife Stadium.
Sherrill’s office simply replied, “Photo taken in East Rutherford, New Jersey.”
While the social media comments are made in jest, there’s real debate over whether New Jersey is getting the credit it deserves for hosting the World Cup.
New York and New Jersey won a joint bid to host World Cup matches — including the July 19 final — together. But Garden State residents have been particularly irritated by the temporary renaming of MetLife Stadium to “New York New Jersey Stadium” for the global soccer tournament.
Sherrill advocated for New Jersey’s name to appear first at the stadium, according to a report by the Athletic. One of the two major signs outside the stadium has been changed since then.
As the world’s biggest sporting event gets underway in New Jersey, Sherrill has been hyping up the state’s reputation and role in hosting eight matches.
Prior to Saturday’s 6 p.m. match, Sherrill posted another video to X welcoming fans to the “greatest state in the United States of America.”
“How do we know? Because we were chosen to host the FIFA World Cup final,” Sherrill said. “There is nothing like hosting the World Cup.”
Despite the tension online, New York and New Jersey’s leaders ended up sitting together for the first game at the East Rutherford venue.
But online, the two states continued to taunt each other.
“We excited for the Knicks tonight? Whatever happened to your basketball team?” Hochul’s press office posted on X.
NJ.com staff writer Brent Johnson contributed to this report.
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