The United States and Mexico will jointly bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, their national soccer federations announced Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know:
- The U.S., Mexico and Canada are hosting the 2026 Men’s World Cup. The 2028 Olympics are also taking place in the U.S. — in Los Angeles.
- Brazil also announced last month that it will bid to host the 2027 event; a joint bid of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, and another from South Africa are also in contention.
- FIFA is expected to announce its choice in May 2024, U.S. Soccer said.
Together for 2027. 🇺🇸🇲🇽
The United States and Mexico will bid to host @FIFAWWC 2027 🏆 pic.twitter.com/t93UzXqb1L
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) April 20, 2023
Backstory
FIFA’s deadline for member associations to submit expressions of interest to host was Wednesday, U.S. Soccer said. May 19 is the deadline to submit bidding agreements; U.S. Soccer and the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) will provide more information on the bid close to that date.
The United States has previously hosted the Women’s World Cup twice, in 1999 and in 2003. The 1999 event was hosted at eight venues around the country and the 2003 event was held in six cities after it was moved from China. Mexico has never hosted a Women’s…
