Excitement Builds for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup!

Something big! Applauses! Applauses! We are ready! What are you saying Camila? I agree with you and I hate the flopping, but I gotta say that this World Cup was better than before. It was better, but it still wasn't great. It was a little bit better, not a lot of flopping, not a lot of simulation. We got a yellow card in a critical game for simulation from the Swiss player. It's obviously still a bad habit. It's a bad habit that needs to be eradicated. Camila, who are the teams that we need to be looking for right now, moving forward for the next World Cup, the Women's World Cup? Obviously, we have the host country, Brazil. We have the United States, always a major team in this tournament, multiple-time champion. We have Spain, the current champion. Spain, currently the only country in the world to be women and men champions at the same time. This is very unique. The domination of Spanish football seems to be here for a long time. It's a big deal, Camila. Besides those three, which are like the cajon, who else should we be rooting for? Well, let's take a quick look at the teams that have officially qualified. Because again, we don't know all the teams that are going so far, but right now we know Spain, Germany, France, Denmark, of course Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Korea, China, the Philippines are officially through. The U.S., however, is not through. They're hoping to get through on their next tournament in Copacabana, but it's going to be tough. Mexico has a very important game in November. Mexico in November, my friend, don't put your jerseys away too soon because the Mexican girls are about to have one of the most important games to qualify directly. And in paper, it doesn't seem to be a difficult game, but the game has changed so much lately, Camila, so much. And we have Mexico versus Haiti. What are your expectations? I mean, I think Mexico is going to have to show up strong. They've been proving themselves, especially in the last five years. I think women's soccer as a whole, you know, a lot of people think of women's soccer and think back to the 90s, to the U.S. Women's National, you know, glory days. But there's so much more parity that has grown within this sport. I think this is ramping up to be, in my opinion, the most competitive World Cup we have seen on the women's side. And the most watched. I actually saw TikTok recently saying that the Women's World Cup is the fifth most watched sporting event above the Super Bowl. Yep. So people are watching. Let me tell you this. The game will change not only in the pitch, my friend, but also on the airwaves because this will be the first tournament that Netflix has the sole rights to the tournament. They will have the U.S. broadcast right for the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cup. How do you feel about it? The World Cup being behind a paywall. We are fighting for more access to the World Cup, but people now will have to pay a subscription to watch the World Cup. Given it's just a month, you can pay for the month and be done. But shouldn't we try to make it free? We saw the success that Telemundo and Fox had by giving the open signal to the world. Do you think this is the right move for the women's game? I mean, listen, it's kind of a double-edged sword, right? Because on average, most people already have Netflix, right? At least in the U.S. Most people already have Netflix. It's going to be a great way to keep that fan base. But I do wish that they would have opened it up. Same on the men's side. Because I think we saw, you know. And it just brought so much fun discourse about people who don't even speak Spanish wanting to watch Telemundo instead of Fox. I saw some great memes about it. Exactly. I don't remember the name of the movie with Fraser. Brendan Fraser. Where he comes and he starts speaking Spanish. He's like, one month after watching the World Cup on Telemundo. ¡Hablo Español! Exactly. And, you know, I'm a little bit bummed about that. But nonetheless, I still think it's going to be a fantastic World Cup. I'm excited to see a lot of these. You know, like you said, I know she's your favorite, Marta. This is going to be probably her last World Cup. Her sixth World Cup. She's up there with, you know, the greats, Messi, Ochoa. Regardless of gender, Marta should be considered one of the top three players in the history of the game. No matter who, like Maradona, Pelé and Marta, they're all sitting at the same table. And Messi too. But these are players that just have performed at a different level throughout their career. And they're also icons in their own right.