Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi takes a free kick during the first half of the team's MLS soccer match against Real Salt Lake, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
Tickets are now on sale for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
Twelve venues across the U.S. will host the 63-match tournament, which features 32 of the best teams from across the globe.
The opening match will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. and the finals will take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on July 13, 2025.
Fans who want to attend a tournament match can buy tickets at SeatGeek, Stubhub, Ticketmaster, or Vivid Seats.
According to Vivid Seats, the cheapest tickets available for the opening match at Hard Rock Stadium, featuring Lionel Messi and Inter Miami against Al Ahly FC are $201.
Tournament venues:
Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio; Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.; Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.; Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.; GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tenn.; MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.; Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla.; Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Fla.; Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Penn.; Lumen Field in Seattle, Wash; Audi Field in Washington, D.C.
Tickets: SeatGeek, Stubhub, Ticketmaster, or Vivid Seats
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Here’s a Club World Cup story via the Associated Press:
ZURICH (AP) — The 2025 Club World Cup will now kick off one day earlier with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami opening the monthlong tournament on June 14, and ending with a week of games at MetLife Stadium near New York.
FIFA published the 63-game schedule Saturday for the first 32-team edition, two days after making the draw in Miami. The draw ceremony involved Ivanka Trump on stage after President-elect Donald Trump sent a prerecorded video message to congratulate FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino.
FIFA has now brought forward the opening game to a Saturday, at an 8 p.m. local time start at Hard Rock Stadium for Messi and the hometown team to play Al Ahly of Egypt. The kickoff time is 3 a.m. in Cairo.
MetLife Stadium was already announced as hosting the final on Sunday, July 13 — at 3 p.m. local time (9 p.m. in central European prime time) — and FIFA said Saturday the venue also will stage the two semifinals on July 8-9 and the fourth quarterfinal on July 5.
A four-game Sunday for day two of the tournament starts at midday in Cincinnati for Bayern Munich vs. Auckland City and continues at midday in Pasadena for Paris Saint-Germain vs. Atletico Madrid at the Rose Bowl.
The other two games that Sunday are Palmeiras vs. Porto, at 6 p.m. local time at MetLife, and Seattle Sounders hosting Botafogo at 7.pm. local time.
Real Madrid starts on June 18 with a 3 p.m. local time start in Miami against Al Hilal and Manchester City starts earlier that day, at midday in Philadelphia against Wydad Casablanca.
Two of the biggest Europe vs. South America pairings have been given kickoff times that are 3 a.m. in central Europe: Bayern Munich vs. Boca Juniors in Miami on June 20 and Inter Milan vs River Plate in Seattle on June 25.
FIFA said its match schedule aimed to maximize rest and minimize travel for players and took forecast heat and weather into account.
The two West Coast locations — Pasadena and Seattle — stage only group-stage games with all round of 16 games being played in Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Orlando and Philadelphia. Quarterfinals also are in Atlanta, Orlando and Philadelphia.
Teams qualified for the Club World Cup by winning a continental title from 2021 through 2024, or being high ranked with consistent results over those four editions.
FIFA gifted Inter Miami a place in October for finishing top of the MLS regular season standings. The MLS Cup final is played Saturday with Los Angeles Galaxy hosting New York Red Bulls.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
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