The United States and Mexico will be candidates to jointly host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, the two countries’ football federations announced on Wednesday. The Mexican and American football federations revealed their plans a month before the May 19 deadline set by FIFA for candidate countries to host the event to officially submit their bids.
The Women’s World Cup has already been held in the United States in 1999 and 2003, but Mexico has never hosted the competition. If this joint bid is successful, the Women’s World Cup will take place one year after the 2026 Men’s World Cup which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico. “The United States has always been a world leader in women’s soccer and we would be honored to host the premier women’s soccer world event with Mexico,” FA President Cindy Parlow Cone said in a statement. “Hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup gives us an incredible opportunity to cap off two historic years of FIFA World Cups in the Concacaf region, helping us to continue to develop football within the associations of our confederation. added Ms. Parlow Cone.
The president of the Mexican Football Federation, Yon de Luisa, believes that the organization of this tournament will help develop women’s football in Mexico. “It is with pleasure that we are once again teaming up with the United States Soccer Federation to bring this World Cup to our region, which will no doubt be historic,” said de Luisa.
The organization of the 2027 World Cup is expected to be decided at the FIFA congress in May 2024. The United States and Mexico will compete with the joint bid of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as those of South Africa and Brazil. The 2023 Women’s World Cup will take place from July 20 in Australia and New Zealand. This is the first time this tournament has been shared between two countries.
