The 32-team field for the 2025 Club World Cup is coming together. The completion of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals locked up the 12 allocated spots from Europe. Everything is set in stone for the revised Club World Cup, which is coming to the US in 2025. It will bring together the 32 teams […]

Inter Miami may be handed a spot in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup despite not earning an automatic spot through qualification. Teams typically must win their respective continental competition in order to qualify for the annual tournament. Miami, however, were just recently knocked out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup by Monterrey. The Mexican side […]

Ahead of the Club World Cup, Napoli are looking to try and pressure FIFA to exclude Juventus. The new Club World Cup tournament features 32 teams from each of FIFA's six confederations vying for the grand prize. There are a lot of clubs competing for qualifying all across the world, but 19 have already clinched […]

Tragic news is piling up for Barcelona as they face yet another setback. That puts their chances of making it to the Club World Cup in 2025 in jeopardy. Both Spanish teams had a lethargic UEFA Champions League mid-week. Inter beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of their round of 16 match. Meanwhile, […]

It seems that plans are afoot to establish yet another premier women's club soccer competition. The likelihood has significantly increased that the world's leading women's club teams will participate in a tournament. For more than ten years, women's game officials have broached the topic of a world championship. Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, expressed his […]

A possible conflict with the redesigned Club World Cup, scheduled for mid-2025, has left the dates of the next Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco uncertain. To avoid player conflicts with club commitments, they shifted the Cup of Nations dates to the beginning of the year. It all started from the 2019 edition in […]

The head of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has admitted that the relentless soccer calendar might lead players to seek legal recourse. Players have long griped about the jam-packed schedules caused by the proliferation of local leagues, international duty, and other contests. The PFA are hopeful that new opportunities may arise due to last week's […]

Every year, when a club wins the Club World Cup trophy, they get a unique emblem to wear on the chest as a reminder of their accomplishment. Manchester City defeated Fluminense in Saudi Arabia for the Club World Cup. Two goals from Julian Alvarez practically won the trophy for his side. With the goal from […]

The best soccer clubs on Earth all get together to decide the champion of the world. There is even an impressive-looking trophy to hand out. The tournaments to crown the champions of Europe and South America are massive. Therefore, this should be an even bigger deal. Sadly, the opposite is the truth. The FIFA Club […]

FIFA unexpectedly revealed Morocco, Spain, and Portugal as the recipients of the 2030 World Cup. To commemorate the tournament's centennial, they also announced that three matches will be hosted by Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay. FIFA revealed that the combined bid from Morocco, Portugal, and Spain was the only candidate in contention to host the tournament. […]

In 2025, the USA will host FIFA's revamped Club World Cup with an increased number of teams. FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced that the event will expand to 32 teams. There will be 12 European teams participating. That includes the UEFA Champions League winners from 2021-24 (Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Manchester City). Using the same […]

It's time for another edition of the World Soccer Talk Reader Mailbag. This week, we tackle US Open Cup coverage, the Premier League Fan Fest, CONCACAF, Serie A and the FIFA Club World Cup. Don't forget to add any new questions you might have in the comments below, and we'll do our best to answer […]