ZURIGO (SWITZERLAND) (ITALPRESS) – Leo Messi’s Inter Miami is the penultimate club to earn a spot in the new FIFA Club World Cup 2025 after winning the 2024 MLS Supporters’ Shield, confirming it as the best team throughout the 2024 Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season.Inter Miami will also open the tournament as the host team and play the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup 2025 match in its home city of Miami.Inter Miami broke the all-time MLS record for the most points in a single season this year, finishing 2024 with 74 points, having recorded 22 wins and eight draws, suffering only four defeats, from February to October. “We all know how much Miami loves soccer and how much Inter Miami is supported by all of Florida, and beyond, for your exciting kind of soccer,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino-Congratulations on your wonderful success in the 2024 Supporters’ Shield. You have proven that in the United States you are consistently the best club on the field.Therefore, I am proud to announce that as one of the best clubs in the world, you are deserving participants in the new FIFA Club World Cup 2025 as the host club representing the United States. We look forward to your hosting the inaugural match in Miami on Sunday, June 15, 2025″, Infantino added. “It will certainly be a great celebration for world club soccer, as the tournament will feature the world’s top 32 clubs and provide a new opportunity for clubs, players, coaches and fans to tell their stories to the whole world. “These are the other 30 qualifying teams: Al Ahly (Egypt), Wydad (Morocco), ES Tunis (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Ulsan HD (South Korea), Al Ain (United Arab Emirates), Chelsea (England), Real Madrid (Spain), Manchester City (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Inter Milan (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Benfica (Portugal), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Juventus (Italy), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Salzburg (Austria), Monterrey (Mexico), Seattle Sounders (U.S.), Club Leon (Mexico), Pachuca (Mexico), Auckland City (New Zealand), Palmeiras (Brazil), Flamengo (Brazil), Fluminense (Brazil), River Plate (Argentina) and Boca Juniors (Argentina). The last pass will be occupied by the team that wins the 2024 Conmebol Libertadores final to be played on November 30, 2024 in Buenos Aires, closing the list of participating clubs before the draw in December 2024.
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