Category: World Cup 2027

Who will start for the USWNT at the 2027 World Cup?

After a major disappointment in 2023, let’s look ahead to see who could start in four years

After his U.S. women’s national team side was eliminated from the 2023 World Cup, Vlatko Andonovski was already looking ahead to the next one.

“These are players that will be here for years to come, for tournaments to come,” Andonovski said on Fox Sports, referring to some of his team’s young stars. “This tournament is a great experience for them, and I think they’ll dominate the next one together.”

Though Andonovski likely won’t be there in four years (or even next summer at the Olympics), several of the USWNT’s top players at the 2023 World Cup will return for the 2027 edition.

Predicting World Cup starters four years in advance is obviously tricky. Who would have seen the emergence of someone like Alyssa Thompson coming in 2019, when she was 14 years old? Even players like Naomi Girma and Sophia Smith, established U.S. youth internationals four years ago, were still just teenagers at Stanford back then.

Still, we’ll do our best to project who may start at the 2027 World Cup, which could be played on home soil.

Players are listed along with their age in 2027.

USA-Mexico among four bids to host 2027 women’s World Cup

The North American bid will be competing against bids from Europe, South America and Africa

FIFA announced on Monday that it had received expressions of interest from four bids looking to host the 2027 women’s World Cup, including the joint USA-Mexico bid announced last week.

In addition to the USA-Mexico bid, three others will compete to be selected as the host of the tournament:

  • A joint bid between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands
  • South Africa
  • Brazil

Of the seven countries bidding, only two have hosted a women’s World Cup before: Germany, which did so in 2011 and the USA, which hosted in 1999 and 2003.

Should South Africa or Brazil be selected, it would mark the first time the women’s World Cup is held in either Africa or South America.

“We are thrilled by the expressions of interest received, not least because they come from member associations with a strong football tradition representing four confederations, thus confirming the consistent popularity of women’s football across the world,” said FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura in a statement.

“All member associations can rely on the most robust and comprehensive bidding process in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.”

The host of the 2027 World Cup will be announced after a public vote at the FIFA Congress on May 17, 2024.

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Canada is *totally fine* it wasn’t invited to the USA-Mexico World Cup bid party

Really, it’s fine. Not like we are already hosting another World Cup together or anything

Canada Soccer would like everyone to know they are just fine with not being involved in the USA-Mexico joint bid for the 2027 women’s World Cup.

Really, it’s OK. No hard feelings or anything. It’s not like they ARE ALL GOING TO HOST A MEN’S WORLD CUP TOGETHER, or like Canada has any expertise they could’ve offered having JUST HOSTED A WOMEN’S WORLD CUP.

That was essentially the contents of a rather bitter statement released by Canada Soccer in the wake of Wednesday’s news that the U.S. and Mexico would submit a joint bid for the 2027 World Cup.

“We wish our close neighbours the best of luck in their bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Given we were recent hosts, Canada Soccer has not been part of these conversations and was never put in a position to decline a co-hosting opportunity,” the statement read. “If the US Soccer and the Mexican Federation bid is successful, it would be Mexico’s first time hosting a Women’s World Cup, and we are in full support.”

To further emphasize their point that hey, maybe you could’ve at least texted us or something, Canada Soccer then listed a whole host of milestones it reached when serving as host of the 2015 women’s World Cup.

“As hosts in 2015, the tournament generated $493.6 million surpassing the expected total of $337 million,” the statement said, noting the revenue-generating experience the USA-Mexico bid absolutely will not be able to utilize.

Hopefully this won’t make things too awkward as the three countries continue preparing for the World Cup they will actually host together: the 2026 men’s World Cup.

“We look forward to welcoming the soccer world once again to Canada, as we continue to prepare to co-host the 2026 men’s World Cup,” the statement concluded.

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USA and Mexico announce joint bid for 2027 women’s World Cup

The USA would be hosting the event for the third time, while Mexico has never hosted

U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) announced that they have informed FIFA of their intention to submit a bid to co-host the 2027 women’s World Cup.

If successful, the joint USA-Mexico event would take place just one year after the USA, Mexico and Canada co-host the 2026 men’s World Cup, and one year before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics.

For the USA, it would be the third time hosting the women’s World Cup after 1999 and 2003, while Mexico has never hosted the event.

“The United States has always been a global leader for the women’s game, and we would be honored to co-host the world’s premier event for women’s soccer along with Mexico,” said U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone.

“Hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup provides us an incredible opportunity to cap off two historic years of World Cup soccer in the CONCACAF region, helping us continue to grow the game among our confederation associations. A record six teams from CONCACAF will play in the Women’s World Cup this summer, and the United States and Mexico want to continue to push the envelope for the development of women’s soccer across the entire region.”

The joint U.S. Soccer-FMF announcement came on Wednesday, which was the deadline for FIFA member associations to submit their expressions of interest in hosting the 2027 World Cup. May 19 is the deadline to submit the Bidding Agreement, and the two federations said more information on the bid would be available then.

The host for the 2027 World Cup is expected to be named during the FIFA Congress on May 17, 2024.

There have so far been three other confirmed bids: a joint bid from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, as well as bids from South Africa and from Brazil.

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