Fifa President Infantino Promises 'the World Will Be Welcomed' As Club World Cup Preps For Us Debut

Take a look at Ticketmaster or most secondary market websites this week and there are plenty of seats still available at various stadiums for this year's Club World Cup in the United States.

No, not the World Cup. The "FIFA Club World Cup 2025."

It's an international soccer tournament designed to bring together 32 professional teams from around the world with matches in 11 American cities , including Philadelphia. Lincoln Financial Field will host six group stage matches, a round-of-16 match, and, per FIFA, "a highly anticipated quarterfinals match" on July 4.

In fact, while FIFA President Gianni Infantino promoted the tournament - a pair of Lombardi Trophies for the Philadelphia Eagles behind him - he alternated between Spanish and English and at one point turned to American reporters to say, "Buy tickets. There are still a few available."

Whether you call it soccer or call it football, the sport is coming to the U.S. this year, in part to promote next year's real deal World Cup. Next year's tournament, with 48 national teams for the first time, also will be played at various NFL stadiums, as well as in Canada and Mexico. FIFA plans to spread the wealth of staging the warm-up event, pledging on Thursday 1 million to each of the 11 cities that will host Club World Cup matches this summer.