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The summer of soccer will take a new look this year with the FIFA Club World Cup, which comes to the U.S. for the first edition of the expanded competition that will see 32 teams from around the world compete for a share of the $1 billion prize purse.
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The boys react to Mauricio Pochettino’s fiery words for the players missing from his roster. Is there officially a rift between Pulisic and Pochettino? They also recap the USMNT’s 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago and what the major takeaways are from their Gold Cup win.
As the Club World Cup’s start date inches closer, Major League Soccer’s Players Association has been lobbying for a distribution of prize money it deems more fair for the players.
The Club World Cup will take Inter Miami from start-up to the global stage. Just five years after its MLS debut, the team co-owned by David Beckham and starring
It’s taken time for the Club World Cup to build brand awareness, but opening weekend drew huge crowds in Miami, NYC and Los Angeles.
Seattle fought hard but could not complete an opening game comeback against the reigning Copa Libertadores and Brazilian champions
The Vancouver Whitecaps lost 5-0 in the Concacaf Champions Cup final. What will happen when MLS sides face even sterner tests in the Club World Cup?
And while the international World Cup is the first thing that comes to mind for most fans, the version at the club level has produced some memorable moments, albeit a bit more under the radar. With the tournament’s ambitious expansion for more teams and a quadrennial format, we’ll be sure to get more of those iconic feats moving forward.
For Major League Soccer teams, international matches tend to be low-stakes duels such as San Diego FC’s friendly last week against Club América, the Mexican powerhouse. The 32-team Club World Cup that begins Saturday night in Miami Gardens, Fla., will count as a large step up from those dalliances.