Why selected: Host of the tournament final and slated to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, MetLife Stadium is a key venue for soccer in the U.S. Home to the NFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets, it is also a hub for NFL enthusiasts.

For Botafogo, the most incredible whirlwind of a season has finally come to an end, as champions of both Brazil and South America.

One year before the 2026 FIFA World Cup comes to East Rutherford, New Jersey, MetLife Stadium is hosting nine matches in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

The match schedule for all participating cities across North America in the World Cup was released in early 2024. Now, the official match schedule for Philadelphia for group stage and knockout rounds for the FIFA Club World Cup have been announced: June 16, 9:00 p.m. ET: Group D — Flamengo (Brazil) vs. Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)

DAZN will serve as the exclusive global broadcaster of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, a 32-team tournament held across the United States next summer.

The U.S. will host the first expanded men’s Club World Cup next year, the men’s World Cup in 2026, the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics, potentially the 2029 Club World Cup and then end their historic run by hosting the women’s World Cup in 2031.

Club World Cup will now kick off one day earlier with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami opening the monthlong tournament on June 14 against Al Ahly of Egypt.

Mexican side Pachuca stunned Copa Libertadores champions Botafogo 3-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Intercontinental Cup semi-finals thanks to second-half goals from Oussama Idrissi, Nelson Deossa and Salomon Rondon.

Mexico’s Pachuca became the first team to lift the FIFA Derby of the Americas trophy by defeating Botafogo in Doha.