Gianni Infantino was never going to describe it as anything other than the "best women's World Cup ever", but the success of the landmark tournament in France has shown the potential women's football has to keep on growing.
The last month has drawn the spotlight onto the game like never before, with attendances in France generally excellent and numerous countries registering record television viewing figures.
Among those, 11.7 million British viewers watched England's semi-final defeat by the United States, the biggest UK television audience of the year.
In has all been a far cry from the first European women's World Cup in 1995, when 3,824 fans saw the tournament's opening game between Germany and Japan, and England's first match drew 655 spectators.
The ever increasing levels of professionalism have contributed to often outstanding matches, although female refereeing is still catching up and the use of Video Assistant Referees has regularly been controversial.
The enormous chasm remaining between the developed nations and those on the fringes was exposed when the USA inflicted a World Cup record 13-0 hammering on Thailand in the group stage.
At the time, Megan Rapinoe, the biggest star of this World Cup, insisted such a mismatch was "part of growing the game".
l that it's not going to sustain, but we hope that this time it gets there and levels out a bit," said Rapinoe.