Barcelona reportedly "called FIFA" regarding a late invite to the 2025 Club World Cup, but saw that approach knocked back.

When the ball gets kicked off the center circle of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, the United States will go down in history as the first host of the most important soccer tournament created this century.

Paris Saint-Germain, who won the UEFA Champions League to cap their season earlier this month, kicked off the FIFA Club World Cup in strong fashion Sunday at the Rose Bowl in front of 80,619.

Barcelona reportedly "called FIFA" to hand them a late slot at the 2025 Club World Cup. However, Barca reports that the world football governing body

Germain, they were celebrating their first-ever Champions League title after drubbing Inter Milan, 5-0, in the Final in Munich. It was a win decades in the making, and that day will go down as the most important in the history of France’s most famous club.

FIFA Club World Cup prepares to kick off on June 14 in the United States, excitement is surging across the soccer world. But among the constellation of elite teams, Barcelona, one of the most decorated and iconic clubs in soccer history,

Barcelona, which is the current La Liga champion, will not be taking part in the 32-team tournament that will get underway in the United States of America on June 15.

When FIFA unveiled its expanded 32-team Club World Cup, one obvious flaw was the risk of wildly uneven mismatches between some of the strongest clubs in world football and outgunned outsiders. Just two games into the 2025 tournament,