NEW YORK (AP) — The United States plans to co-host the 2031 World Cup with regional neighbors, the same structure being used for the men's championship next year.

Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica were added Monday to the U.S. Soccer Federation proposal as co-hosts, the only bid to be considered when FIFA members meet April 30 to formally decide where the expanded 48-nation tournament will be played.

“This Women's World Cup will be equal in every sense of the word to a men's World Cup,” U.S. Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone said during a news conference, “not just in the number of teams and matches, but equal in the quality of the facilities, with the same type of travel, accommodations and support.”

She said more than 30 U.S. cities have expressed interest in hosting in 2031,

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