The Club World Cup is an annual tournament hosted by FIFA that pits some of the world's best soccer teams against each other in a competition similar to the World Cup. The 2025 format is brand new and expanded, so it's not yet clear if there will be gaps for future tournaments.

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.

The FIFA Club World Cup kicks off on Saturday, June 14, with Al Ahly facing Inter Miami at 8 p.m. ET. All 63 matches in the Club World Cup will be available for free streaming on DAZN, and select games will also be broadcast in English on TNT.

Philadelphia will host eight FIFA Club World Cup matches at Lincoln Financial Field this summer in June and July.

LaLiga president Javier Tebas reiterated in an interview Monday that he considers the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup "completely absurd."

FIFA is the governing body overseeing the CWC and next year's World Cup. Tebas said he had no contact with any officials at FIFA, and they didn't consult La Liga about any of the details of the tournament being held in the United States. "It is completely absurd," Tebas said.

Al Hilal are the sole Saudi Arabian and Roshn Saudi League representative at the inaugural expanded FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, which kicks off this week. Unlike any of their previous appearances in the continental competition,

Their failure to win any major trophies last season has led to a revolution at Real Madrid, starting with a change of head coach: Xabi Alonso in for Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian, who already has a new job managing Brazil’s national team,