Concacaf W Championship field set: Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti among winners who secure place
Stars Bunny Shaw and Melchie Dumornay are a step closer to the 2027 Women's World Cup after their teams made the field of the Concacaf W Championship.
The 2026 Concacaf W Championship will have a familiar feel to women's soccer fans. As qualification closed Saturday, five of the six teams who reached the tournament, are returning from the 2022 W Championship. The only new face is El Salvador, which beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 on Friday to secure its place in the final round for the first time.
The United States and Canada received a bye to the W Championship, as they did in the previous edition. The tournament serves as the final round of World Cup qualification in the region and also will qualify teams for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. It is set to run from late November 2026 through early December.
What teams are moving on in 2027 Women's World Cup qualification? Group winners from six groups clinched passage to the final tournament, and no team was qualified heading into the final matchday. However, the favorites were largely able to get the job done and clinch their places in the W Championship once again.
Mexico went into a final-day game against Puerto Rico knowing a win or a draw would send El Tri through, but a loss would end their hopes of making it to Brazil. Tigres' Alexia Delgado got on the board in the 11th minute to relieve the pressure, and Mexico cruised to a 6-0 win. Veteran midfielder Charlyn Corral netted a late double to secure her place as the top scorer in the qualification round.