One year before the World Cup takes over North America, the FIFA Club World Cup will invade the United States, as all 12 venues for the expanded 32-team tournament have been announced.
Much like the 2026 World Cup Final, the 2025 Club World Cup Final will take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from New York City.
Several World Cup cities are hosting games in both tournaments including Los Angeles, Seattle, and Miami.
Sites include six NFL stadiums; four Major League Soccer homes; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, site of the 1994 World Cup final; and Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, another 1994 World Cup site.
FIFA made the announcement at 6:20 p.m. EDT on a Saturday, when U.S. sports attention was focused on college football and Major League Baseball pennant races. FIFA President Gianni Infantino revealed the sites at the Global Citizen Festival, an anti-poverty group´s event in New York´s Central Park, and was not available to reporters to discuss the site selections, Club World Cup spokeswoman Kristel Valencia-Savage said.
FIFA announced the 12 venues for the 2025 Club World Cup on Saturday in New York City
FIFPRO, the international players´ union, in December criticized FIFA for scheduling an event that “will undercut the rest and recovery time of these players at the end of the 2024-25 season.” It said FIFA´s decision “demonstrates a lack of consideration for the mental and physical health of participating players, as well as a disregard for their personal and family lives.”
FIFA has not announced any broadcast agreements for the matches. The site announcement was streamed on YouTube.
The 2026 World Cup sites to be used are Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta; MetLife Stadium; Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida; Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia; and Lumen Field in Seattle. The additional NFL home is Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The MLS venues are TQL Stadium in Cincinnati; Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee; Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando; and Audi Field in Washington, D.C.
FIFA did not include newer SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, where eight World Cup games are scheduled for 2026.
FIFA is not using any of the 14 venues picked for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which runs from June 14 to July 6 and will not play on the East Coast.
The only American team qualified thus far is the MLS’ Seattle Sounders, with the Lionel Messi led Inter Miami
