When USA Soccer bids for the 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup will it still be a joint bid with Mexico as planned?

FIFA unveiled his plans for a new annual women’s competition, the World Cup World Cup 2028 and the bidding process for the World Cup tournaments of 2031 and 2035, on Wednesday. The announcements made by FIFA Council in their annual report are an important step forward in the worldwide development of women’s football.

One of the most striking developments is the confirmation that the formal bids to organize the World Cup 2031 and 2035 are limited to specific regions. The 2031 gasters are determined from countries in CAF (Africa) or the Concacaf regions, while 2035 hosts are drawn from CAF or UEFA (Europe). An offer from four national (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) from the UK has already stated that they offer before 2035.

In 2024, US Soccer and Mexico announced a joint, but to host in 2027, but eventually made the offer to focus on 2031. After the announcement of Wednesday, American football posted on the social intention and excitement posted to set their bid for the 2031 federation, but the Mexico report on the report of the Mexico, the report of the Mexico on the Mexico. Future.

“US Soccer, in collaboration with Concacaf and its members, will complete the bid process to organize the FIFA World Cup FIFA World 2031,” said the American football statement. “We are enthusiastic about the opportunity to welcome teams and fans, to inspire the next generation and grow the game regionally and worldwide.”

Sources that are familiar with the FIFA bid process have confirmed to CBS Sports that there is still interest in a joint bid, although not as urgent as when the 2027 bid was initially launched because of the current attention of the local organizing committee on the next 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup.

The 2026 tournament will be a showcase of the Concacaf region, organized by the football federations of the United States, Canada and Mexico. The competition returns to a summer format after a shift to a winter calendar for the World Cup of December 2022, took place in Qatar. The United States previously organized the World Cup World Cup in 1999 and 2003, while Mexico still has to organize the event.

The previous world cups in the United States set new standards for presence, viewers and commercial success. The 1999 tournament, kept famous in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, was a turning point for women’s football, a record -breaking audience of more than 90,000 fans for the final and confirming the status of the American national team as a global powerhouse.

The American football chairman Cindy Parlow Cone has been a vocal advocate for the bid, which states that hosting the tournament would offer “the next generation of female athletes inspire and continue the momentum that we have built in women’s football”. The USSF offer for the 2031 tournament is expected to emphasize existing infrastructure, ultramodern stadiums, transport networks and passionate fan base.

Although no offer has yet been made, US Soccer has emerged as a leader in the race to host since their intention to offer before 2027. The construction of the World Cup 2031 will only offer sufficient planning for a large -scale event. The host country for the World Cup of 2031 is planned for the 76th FIFA congress in 2026.