This pretty much speaks to the corruption within the FIFA organization. One of their VPs who is at the heart of the corruption scandal, Jack Warner, actually believes an ONION article claiming that the US has been awarded the 2015 World Cup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaQHkXvXaPQ
You would think such a high ranking official would be aware that there wouldn’t be a 2015 World Cup, but that’s another story.