U.S. announces co-hosts for 2031 World Cup bid

NEW YORK -- U.S. Soccer's 2031 Women's World Cup bid volition see Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica the federation presidents confirmed astatine a caller league connected Monday astatine the Solow Building successful Midtown Manhattan.

The 2031 Women's World Cup volition beryllium the archetypal to diagnostic 48 teams aft the FIFA Council unanimously approved the enlargement from 32 teams successful a ballot successful May.

"We're incredibly arrogant to beryllium starring this bid for the 2031 Women's World Cup alongside our Concacaf partners successful Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica," U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone said successful a statement. "Together, we person an bonzer accidental to big the biggest and astir impactful Women's World Cup successful history, 1 that volition animate a caller procreation of fans and assistance turn the women's crippled crossed our full portion and astir the world. We're excited to thrust lasting advancement for women's shot by creating a bequest that reaches acold beyond 2031 and sets a caller planetary modular for the sport."

The U.S.-led articulation bid for 2031 is uncontested and FIFA is expected to ratify it astatine the FIFA Congress successful Vancouver connected April 30 of adjacent year. U.S. Soccer said past April that it was waiting for FIFA to finalize the size of the tourney earlier announcing its "partnership structure" with different nations from Concacaf.

The 2031 Women's World Cup volition people the 3rd clip hosting for the U.S. (1999, 2003), much than immoderate different nation. China, which hosted the inaugural World Cup successful 1991 followed by the 2007 edition, has besides hosted twice. Canada, Mexico and the United States volition co-host the 2026 Men's World Cup, which volition beryllium the archetypal variation of the tourney to diagnostic 48 teams. Eleven of the 16 big cities for that lawsuit are successful the United States, and the last volition beryllium played astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said earlier this twelvemonth that helium has a people of $1 cardinal successful gross for the Women's World Cup aft the 2023 edition, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, broke adjacent with $570 cardinal successful revenue.

U.S. Soccer said connected Monday that it expects the 2031 tourney to gully an estimated 4.5 cardinal fans crossed each 4 nations.

FIFA's tendency to spot large events successful the U.S. for its beardown commercialized worth has travel with controversy, however. Exorbitant summons prices for the 2026 Men's World Cup person drawn disapproval from fans. Tickets for the last tin outgo arsenic overmuch arsenic $6,730 each.

Jamaica's inclusion successful the bid volition people the archetypal clip that a Caribbean federation volition big a elder World Cup match. Jamaica's women's nationalist squad is presently ranked No. 40 successful the satellite and made the circular of 16 astatine the 2023 World Cup.

Mexico is ranked No. 29 successful the satellite but failed to suffice for the 2023 World Cup. Costa Rica is ranked No. 43 successful the world.

"This volition person a immense interaction connected the psyche of each azygous Jamaican," Michael Ricketts, president of the Jamaica Football Federation, said successful a statement. "It is nary mean feat for a tiny state similar ours to big World Cup matches. This is perfectly tremendous. We are precise hopeful and optimistic that we tin enactment unneurotic an acquisition that is genuinely memorable for our players and fans. This is immense for Jamaica and for each idiosyncratic who proudly calls themselves Jamaican."

The U.S. and Mexico primitively expressed ceremonial involvement successful hosting the 2027 Women's World Cup, but they pulled retired of that process to absorption connected 2031. Brazil volition big the 2027 Women's World Cup, bringing the lawsuit to South America for the archetypal time.

The UK is expected to big the 2035 Women's World Cup aft England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland submitted the lone "valid bid," according to Infantino.

Mexico antecedently announced successful May that it would co-host the 2031 World Cup, though U.S. Soccer and FIFA declined to corroborate the quality astatine the time.