USA to host new 32-team Club World Cup in 2025 with multiple UEFA Champions League, Copa Libertadores winners

The USA will host the first 32 team iteration of the Club World Cup in 2025, the FIFA Council announced on Friday. The competition will expand from seven to include the last four winners of the Champions League and Copa Libertadores in addition to representatives that include Seattle Sounders of MLS, the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League winners. Handing the tournament to the US will, FIFA says, allow world football’s governing body to “maximise synergies with the delivery of the FIFA World Cup 2026”, which will also be hosted in Canada and Mexico. In this particular iteration the Club World Cup…