FIFA's Bureau of the Council takes key decisions to elevate women’s football competitions

Miami is an incredible city and it has a proven track record of delivering international mega events. You only have to look back to the Men's World Cup, the Men's Club World Cup, to see the track record that the city has for football and major events. It's going to be massively exciting. We saw the energy that the fans brought in London for the first edition of this competition and you can just imagine in Miami that's going to go to the next level. When you've got clubs like Corinthians, the energy that their fans bring, you combine that with a brand new stadium, an incredible city, massive international connectiveness in that city, it's just going to be an absolute celebration of women's club football. First and foremost, for the first time in the history of the women's game, in the history of FIFA, we will be able to crown a world champion in the women's club game and that is a massive milestone. I think also what this represents for young girls all over the world is absolutely massive it means that no matter what country you're in around the world no matter what your pathway may be you can now also dream to become a world champion and for me that is massive the flow-on effects of that are massive we're taking the inaugural edition to the USA the USA we know are already in love with the women's game the US women's national team are heroes it's the biggest sporting team in the country already so taking the inaugural edition there is just going to absolutely give it the attention, the focus, the prioritization that it deserves. And it means we'll be able to launch this new competition for the first time in an absolutely fantastic way. This is a really big milestone for us. I think for the fans, for the players, for the clubs, this is where they really can start to feel the competition is becoming real. And some of the matchups that you can imagine from those first seven clubs already are going to be epic. Imagine Barcelona, Corinthians, we have Arsenal. I mean, you can imagine the atmosphere in the stadiums and the competitiveness that the football will showcase. It's going to be absolutely incredible. What we know very concretely is that global competitions drive development. And not only development, they drive professionalisation, they drive exposure, visibility, they provide a platform to showcase the best athletes that we have in our sport. So we know that global competitions are an absolute catalyst for the growth of our game and now with the introduction of a club competition at international level every year in addition to our FIFA Women's World Cup which is in its 10th edition we have these beautiful moments every year where our athletes are showcased they're put on the world stage and what that means is every year there are these inspirational moments that young girls can look up to because the competitions are amazing of course they're a showpiece but it's the flow-on effect that they have to the entire pyramid of football, to the development of the game, to the popularity, to the increase in participation, it's incredible and I think these new competitions are going to be an absolute game changer for the women's football landscape.