The US Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation have decided to withdraw their joint bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Instead, they will focus on submitting a bid for the 2031 tournament with a goal for equal investment as the Men’s tournament to maximize the commercial potential of the women’s tournament. This decision leaves two bids remaining for the 2027 tournament, one from the Brazilian Football Confederation and a joint bid from the Royal Belgian Football Association, the Royal Netherlands Football Association, and the German Football Association.
The announcement of the winning bid will take place at the 74th FIFA Congress in May. Cindy Parlow Cone, US Soccer President stated that hosting a World Cup tournament is a huge undertaking, and having additional time to prepare allows them to maximize its impact across the globe. She also added that shifting their bid will enable them to host a record-breaking Women’s World Cup in 2031 and help grow and raise the level of women’s football globally.
In Mexico, there will be an experience gained from co-hosting men’s world cup in 2026 that they can provide best infrastructure and enthusiastic fanbase for women’s world cup in 2031 which can contribute to continued growth of women football. Meanwhile in United States there will be congested calendar of international soccer competitions in coming years with inaugural FIFA Club World Cup taking place in country in 2025, followed by men’s world cup co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and USA in 2026 and summer Olympics taking place Los Angeles in 2028 .
