Mexico confirmed as 2031 WWC co-host with U.S.

The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) confirmed to ESPN that Mexico volition co-host the 2031 Women's World Cup alongside the United States.

The federation archetypal announced the quality arsenic a slug constituent successful a property merchandise pursuing a Liga MX owners gathering connected Monday.

FIFA announced earlier this twelvemonth that the United States submitted the lone "valid bid" to big the 2031 Women's World Cup. The contention volition grow to 48 teams that twelvemonth for the archetypal clip connected the women's side.

Mexico's property merchandise said it was designated to co-host the 2031 World Cup alongside the United States "and different Concacaf countries, with parity successful the fig of matches."

ESPN has reached retired to FIFA and U.S. Soccer for comment. An FMF spokesperson said it was "premature" to specify however galore games volition beryllium hosted successful each country.

Mexico was primitively portion of a associated bid with the United States to big the 2027 Women's World Cup, but the bid was withdrawn up of the last ballot to absorption connected the 2031 event, which FIFA president Gianni Infantino had already expressed an involvement successful expanding. Brazil won the close to big the 2027 World Cup.

When the U.S. re-submitted its bid for the 2031 World Cup, it did truthful unsocial portion mentioning the anticipation that different Concacaf countries could articulation arsenic co-hosts.

At a tiny roundtable with reporters, including ESPN, successful Los Angeles successful April, U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson said that helium and the federation welcomed the enlargement of the Women's World Cup. He besides spoke of the lawsuit successful a determination aspect.

"We precise overmuch presumption 2031 arsenic a accidental to turn the crippled astatine each levels but besides utilizing it arsenic an accidental to turn the crippled successful the portion and globally," Batson said.

U.S. Soccer has been unfastened astir the imaginable of co-hosting the 2031 tournament. The federation announced quality of its bid successful April arsenic "the accidental to co-host... successful collaboration with our Concacaf partners."

"As FIFA finalizes the fig of participating teams successful the tournament, we volition solidify our concern operation with chap Concacaf nations," U.S. Soccer said successful an April statement.

The U.S. volition co-host the 2026 Men's World Cup with Mexico and Canada.

Eleven of the 16 big cities successful 2026 are successful the U.S., and the last volition beryllium played astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey.