Rebecca Lowe is bringing one of soccer’s most recognizable voices to Netflix for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™.
The award-winning presenter will join Netflix’s coverage of the tournament in Brazil, along with the previously announced Elle Duncan and Andrés Cantor. The complete broadcast team will be unveiled in the lead-up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027.
Lowe brings more than two decades of experience to the desk. She says Netflix’s reputation for high broadcast standards is part of what makes the opportunity exciting, particularly as the company takes on the massive live sports tournament.
“To be a part of Netflix as it begins its journey into a live sports tournament for the first time — which is not an easy undertaking — I'm excited to see how we bring these high standards, editorial excellence, excitement, pizzazz and eventizing to a live soccer broadcast,” Lowe tells Tudum.
A London native, Lowe has been one of the most prominent voices in US soccer coverage for more than two decades, leading NBC Sports’ Premier League broadcasts since 2013 while also hosting seven consecutive Olympic Games and the network’s annual Kentucky Derby coverage. Most recently, she anchored FOX’s FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage alongside Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimović. After beginning her career as a soccer reporter in the UK 25 years ago, Lowe has had a front-row seat to the sport’s evolution — and especially to the rapid rise of the women’s game, whose growing audiences, visibility, and cultural reach have transformed the landscape far faster than she once imagined.
“To see the massive monster that is the FIFA Women’s World Cup, what it is and what it is going to be next summer, is definitely not something I thought would happen that quickly,” Lowe shares.
Lowe has been a mainstay of global soccer coverage and a trailblazer in her own right. She previously co-hosted ESPN UK’s Premier League programming and fronted ESPN’s US coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 and UEFA EURO 2012. She also anchored FA Cup matches for ESPN UK, and in May 2012 made history as the first woman to host the FA Cup Final live from Wembley Stadium on British television.
For Lowe, the significance of the moment lies not just in how quickly the women’s game is growing, but in the durability of that momentum.
“I am so proud to be a part of something [whose] growth is so quick, so sturdy, and so continuous,” she adds. “It’s only going one way.”
Although Women’s World Cup qualifications and the Final Draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 are still to come, Lowe is already thinking through key storylines and teams to watch for tournament, including:
Spain: The defending FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and current No. 1 ranked Spain have already qualified and are certainly a favorite heading into 2027, but with three-time defending Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí recovering from a knee injury, it may be an uphill battle to repeat in Brazil next summer.
“To start, you’re always thinking of the favorites and that is Spain, the world champions. How are they going to try and win it again?” Lowe says. “Because, as we know in this sport, winning back-to-back trophies of any kind — whether it’s your league, a domestic trophy or a World Cup — is almost impossible.”
England: Lowe’s native side had their best FIFA Women’s World Cup showing in 2023 with a runner-up finish to Spain, barely falling to the champions 1-0. With that result plus back-to-back UEFA European Championships in 2022 and 2025 respectively, the No. 4 ranked team in the world certainly has momentum on their side and could qualify for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 by December. The Lionesses must first defeat Greece in a two-legged first round playoff to advance for a qualification opportunity against the winner of Slovakia versus Ukraine for a spot at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027.
“England has been so close, yet so far, for so many years at the World Cup,” Lowe continues. “But they have a pedigree now. I can’t even believe it’s the same team that I worked on 20 years ago, but they have a pedigree now of winning.”
United States: As the four-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champions set their sights on Brazil with a revamped roster looking to bounce back to their winning ways, they are one of the most intriguing teams still yet to qualify.
“It’s such a romantic program because of everything that’s happened in the past and because Emma Hayes is the head coach — who I absolutely adore and [who] is a national treasure back home in England,” Lowe says.
Lowe believes the recent success of the US men’s team in the FIFA World Cup 2026 has set up the women’s side for even more impact next summer in Brazil, and fans are in store for breakout surprises.
“I’m excited to see the reaction of this country (the United States) to this team,” Lowe adds. “Obviously, within the team, you’ve got all the superstars — like the ‘Triple Espresso’ — and then there’ll certainly be a surprise player or players that we haven’t even spoken about, who, like Norway’s Erling Haaland this past summer, will become a household name after the tournament.”
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 kicks off in Brazil on June 24, 2027, and runs through July 25, 2027. See more information about the tournament here.
The Final Draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 takes place Dec. 11, live from the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Set a reminder for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 Final Draw here.
