Expanded FIFA Club World Cup: Tournament News & General Discussion [R]

That's the champion of post season MLS Cup Play-offs, not the league. Supporters Shield is much closer of winner of national league format that other leagues have.

There's no bias in this as some suggested, Miami is the logical team based on previous cups, to play the opening game.

 

There is a precedence for this. For the 2000 Club WC, a spot would be awarded to the 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro, and back then the Brasiliero had a playoff system after its regular season. The champion being, of course, the winner of the playoff. Just like it is in MLS today.

So, before saying we are ignorant, maybe check your history.

 

Except there was only 21 games played in that league without titulero, which Corinthians, also won...

 

23. But what does that have to do with anything? You wrote "Miami is the logical team based on previous cups". AFAIK, there is only 1 other situation like this before and it went the opposite way of what you claim with that statement.

The bottom line is, the MLS champion is considered the winner of the MLS Cup playoff. These is no ambiguity. Its just a fact.

 

Yes, but that wasn't the point here.

The point of league champion is to award the best performing team of the year/season. And that was in 2000 Corinthians in both, and in 2024 Miami and LA Galaxy/NYRB. I would argue that Supporters Shield shows much better the best performing team of the year, than MLS Cup where you can be out in two games.

Your analogy hardly makes sense.

 

Well, this is shifting the goalposts. I agree that MLS has a dumb format, because it doesn't reward the best team with the championship. Nonetheless, that's how MLS does it.

My analogy is just fine, thank you. Both leagues have/had playoffs and both considered their champion whoever wins the playoffs (whether they finished first during the season or not).

The other (obvious) matter is that FIFA didn't announce how the host team would be determined for the 2025 CWC until the same day that the MLS regular season ended. What a coincidence!

 

Jordi Alba, glad you are able to chime in on this subject.

I think most here would agree that having Miami in this tournament is purely a money grabbing marketing ploy. Miami's selection was the split-second decision of one person, the King of FIFA, who is trying to make relevant a tournament few see as necessary. There was obviously a lack of transparency as to what exactly that one person was basing it on since Miami didn't meet any of the merit-based requirements to be in this tournament that supposedly FIFA used to organize the event.

 

Hello everyone! I am new to this group. I am excited about the 2025 club world cup . My question is, how hard is it to volunteer because I am from philly and I am looking to volunteer for the very first time.

 

Also when will they release the full schedules with the team venues?

 

The full schedule is out!!!

 

Tickets go on SALE on December 19th!!!

 

Are the prices gonna be cheap as everyone is saying?

 

It isn't, there wasn't any interim titulero in 2000 Brasileiro, and it wasn't recognized as back then. And that's because they just played 21 games, like I said. And there wasn't any need to even think one or other, as Corinthians won both.

 

Hmmm, interesting KO times for local TV
Wydad Casablanca-17:00, 17:00, 20:00
RB Salzburg-00:00, 00:00, 03:00

Austria is only 1 hour ahead of Morroco.

 

Porto with 2 group matches in New Jersey. Makes sense given the big Portugueses community just 5 or so miles from the stadium.

 

I am pretty sure he meant manchester city

 

Atlanta? No, not really. Florida/Miami has a bigger one. But I guess it's Messi so will sell out anyway.