FIFA announced Friday the U.S. will host the expanded 32-team Club World Cup in 2025—bridging the gap between the 2024 Copa América and 2026 World Cup in an unprecedented stretch of major soccer tournaments coming to the United States.
FIFA selected the U.S. as the host of the expanded Club World Cup in 2025—one of three massive soccer tournaments that will take place on U.S. soil in the next three years, as soccer’s governing body sets its eyes on an ambitious goal of revolutionizing international club soccer competitions by creating a marquee world event.... [+]
soccer match between Real Madrid and Elche CF at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The United States will host the Club World Cup in 2025, the first time the FIFA tournament will have 32 teams. Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea already earned places as recent Champions League winners for the expanded tournament lineup that is set to test stadiums and operations one year before the 2026 World Cup. and attributed its decision to the U.S.
The U.S. is now set to host three large-scale soccer tournaments in the next three years, with the Copa América tournament in 2024, the Club World Cup in 2025 and the World Cup in 2026—a signifier of soccer’s increasing popularity in the states. The expanded version of the Club World Cup, which will jump from seven to 32 participating teams, marks a commercial opportunity for FIFA in terms of testing broadcasting models and new sponsors, theThe cup’s competition format has yet to be finalized, but teams such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea have qualified for a spot through recently winning the UEFA Champions League, a competition featuring Europe’s best soccer clubs.
The Seattle Sounders are the lone American team to qualify for the cup for the time through winning the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League—where they became the first Major League Soccer side to ever win North America’s main international club tournament—though one more domestic team will likely to be added due to the U.S. being the host nation.
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