U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Soccer Federation have withdrawn a joint bid to host the 2027 FIFA Girls’s World Cup, the us introduced on Monday. And as a substitute, the international locations will flip their focus to internet hosting the event in 2031.
This implies it is now all the way down to a joint European bid from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, or Brazil, which might be the primary South American nation to ever host this event. The choice is predicted to be made following a vote by the FIFA Congress when it meets in Bangkok, Thailand on Could 17.
U.S. Soccer mentioned in an announcement that the revised bid will permit each the United States and Mexico to “construct on the learnings and success of the 2026 World Cup” and create extra alternatives for host cities, companions and media.
“Internet hosting a World Cup event is a large enterprise – and having extra time to arrange permits us to maximise its impression throughout the globe,” U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone mentioned in an announcement. “I am happy with our dedication to supply equitable experiences for the gamers, followers and all our stakeholders. Shifting our bid will allow us to host a record-breaking Girls’s World Cup in 2031 that can assist to develop and lift the extent of the ladies’s sport each right here at residence in addition to throughout the globe.”
The 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand was the primary time the event was hosted throughout a number of international locations. The 2026 males’s World Cup — which would be the greatest World Cup in historical past with a file 48 groups competing — can be hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada.
This additionally offers the U.S. and Mexico an extended runway to advertise the event, realizing the boys’s event would happen about one yr beforehand.
“We’re totally dedicated to organizing a memorable and historic Girls’s World Cup that the gamers and followers will profit from,” Ivar Sisniega, President of the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol, mentioned. “After cautious evaluation we really feel that shifting our bid again to 2031 will permit us to advertise and construct as much as essentially the most profitable Girls’s World Cup ever.
“The energy and universality of our skilled ladies’s leagues, coupled with our expertise from organizing the 2026 World Cup, signifies that we can present one of the best infrastructure in addition to an enthusiastic fan base that can make all of the collaborating groups really feel at residence and to place collectively a World Cup that can contribute to the continued development of ladies’s soccer.”
Laken Litman covers faculty soccer, faculty basketball and soccer for FOX Sports activities. She beforehand wrote for Sports activities Illustrated, USA As we speak and The Indianapolis Star. She is the writer of “Robust Like a Lady,” printed in spring 2022 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX. Comply with her on Twitter @LakenLitman.
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