The United States and Mexico announced the candidacy to host the Women’s World Cup in 2027

The United States and Mexico, which will organize together with Canada the next men’s World Cup in 2026, launched their candidacy to also host the women’s World Cup that will be held in 2027.

April 19 was the deadline for the different associations to express their intention to organize the competition, the FIFA Council will now be in charge of analyzing and choosing up to three candidates and at the Congress to be held on May 17 next year, the country or countries that will organize the women’s World Cup will be known.

Cindy Parlow Cone, president of U.S. Soccer, said that “the United States has always been a world leader in women’s soccer and it would be an honor for us to co-host the world’s leading women’s soccer event together with Mexico.”

“Hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup provides us with an incredible opportunity to cap off two historic years of the soccer World Cup in the Concacaf region, helping us to continue to grow the game among our confederation associations. The United States and Mexico want to continue to promote the development of women’s football throughout the region,” added Parlow Cone.

The current president of U.S. Soccer was part of the squad that remained in the history of the United States when she won the World Cup that was played in the country in 1999 and, in addition, she won the gold medals at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and Athens 2004.

For his part, Yon de Luisa, president of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), commented after the announcement that “it is a pleasure to team up again with the United States Football Federation in the search for this World Cup for our region, which will undoubtedly be historic.”

“Women’s football in Mexico has experienced sustained growth over the past five years and its development, on and off the court, together with the female empowerment it has achieved and will continue to achieve, is one of the strategic priorities of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF),” said the leader.

The ninth edition of the Women’s World Cup, which will be held this year from July 20 to August 20, will be jointly organized by two countries for the first time: New Zealand and Australia.

Mexico, which did not qualify its selection for this World Cup, would host the tournament for the first time, while the United States seeks to organize it for the third time after hosting it in 1999 and 2003.

The United States is one of the great powers in women’s football, winning the World Cup four times (China 1991, United States 1999, Canada 2015 and France 2019) and also won the Olympic Games the same number of times (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012).