September 28, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release
RENTON, WASH. – FIFA today announced all venues for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, with Seattle set to host matches in the prestigious global competition at Lumen Field. The expanded 32-team international tournament takes place across the United States next summer and features clubs from every confederation to crown the top club side in the world. Sounders FC qualified for the tournament after becoming the first and currently only MLS team to capture a Concacaf Champions Cup title in 2022.
Sounders FC Majority Owner Adrian Hanauer stated, “Hosting the FIFA Club World Cup at Lumen Field is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our fans and our organization. Never before have we faced the world’s top club sides in expanded competitive play, and the fact that the first edition of this new tournament is being played in our country and our city is historic.”
Debuting a new and expanded competition format, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup features 32 of the globe’s leading teams. Taking place June 15 – July 13, 2025 throughout the United States, the competing teams represent each of FIFA’s six international confederations. To date, 30 teams have qualified for the competition, with the remaining spots reserved for the 2024 Copa Libertadores winner and the selected representative from the host country.
The complete list of qualified clubs can be accessed via FIFA.com, and the roster includes the likes of European giants Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, Juventus and others, alongside some of the biggest names from South American football like Boca Juniors, River Plate, Palmeiras, Fluminense and Flamengo. This tournament marks the first time in 50 years of Sounders history that the club is competing against UEFA or CONMEBOL teams in competitive action.
Said Sounders FC President of Business Operations Hugh Weber, “The ability to share this competition with our Alliance Members on this stage is beyond special. This is a first and perhaps only-of-its-kind moment to play in FIFA’s global club championship on home turf. Sharing such an experience as a community is extraordinary.”
Sounders FC is working directly with FIFA on Alliance Member access to Club World Cup matches at Lumen Field, including any potential Sounders FC home matches. The best way for Sounders FC fans to gain guaranteed seats to FIFA Club World Cup contests at Lumen Field is through…
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