FIFA President Gianni Infantino touts upcoming Club World Cup as start of big year for soccer in US

The FIFA Club World Cup volition beryllium the appetizer to the FIFA World Cup this summertime arsenic the champion teams from astir the globe volition vie successful the United States for the archetypal time.

Major League Soccer squads Seattle Sounders FC and Inter Milan volition beryllium among the 32 clubs competing for the trophy. The tourney begins connected June 14.

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, and Brazilian erstwhile shot subordinate Ronaldo Nazario unveil the FIFA Club World Cup trophy during the Club World Cup gully astatine Telemundo Studios successful Miami connected Dec. 5, 2024. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said connected "Fox & Friends" connected Thursday that immoderate of the world’s champion players volition compete, including Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr., Jude Bellingham and Rodri, volition each beryllium competing.

"Spectacle, axenic and shot volition decidedly conquer America successful 100 days from now," helium said.

The Rose Bowl successful Pasadena, California; MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey; Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, North Carolina; Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Lumen Field successful Atlanta, Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida; Camping World Stadium and Inter&Co Stadium successful Orlando, Florida; Geodis Park successful Nashville, Tennessee; TQL Stadium successful Cincinnati and Audi Field successful Washington volition beryllium the big venues.

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Atletico Madrid's Pablo Barrios, left, fights for the shot with Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe during the Champions League circular of 16 archetypal limb shot lucifer betwixt Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid astatine the Bernebeu stadium successful Madrid connected Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The Club World Cup volition beryllium a preview for erstwhile the champion players correspond the apical shot nations successful the satellite to conflict for the World Cup trophy, which volition instrumentality spot from June 11, 2026 to July 19, 2026, and tin beryllium seen lone connected FOX Sports programming.

The United States, Canada and Mexico are the big countries with the title being played astatine MetLife Stadium.

So far, the big nations are the lone countries that person clinched spots successful the tournament. More volition travel implicit the adjacent year. The tract volition grow to 48 teams for the archetypal time.

Infantino had precocious hopes for the 2 large tournaments.

Soccer fans sojourn a show of the trophies for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup shot tournament, right, and the CONCACAF Champions Cup, up of a CONCACAF Champions Cup shot lucifer betwixt Inter Miami and Sporting Kansas City, connected Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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"A 4th of the satellite volition beryllium there," helium said of fans astatine the World Cup adjacent year. "We’ll person millions of radical coming. And, honestly, betwixt the Club World Cup this twelvemonth and the World Cup adjacent year, it’s decidedly clip to instrumentality implicit this state erstwhile it comes to soccer."

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