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Home of Orlando City/Pride to host 2025 FIFA Club World Cup matches

• Hosting big tournaments draws FIFA
• Two stadiums set for 2025 matches
• Introducing new tournament format

By Chuck Wharton

Sep 28, 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Orlando Pride defender Kylie Strom (3) collides with Houston Dash defender Allysha Chapman (2) during the second half at Inter&Co Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Russell Lansford-Imagn Images
Sep 28, 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Orlando Pride defender Kylie Strom (3) collides with Houston Dash defender Allysha Chapman (2) during the second half at Inter&Co Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Russell Lansford-Imagn Images / Russell Lansford-Imagn Images
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Orlando City SC and Pride supporters have built a strong football culture. FIFA recognizes this by awarding Orlando 2025 FIFA Club World Cup matches in two stadiums.

So far, 11 U.S. cities are set to host 2025 FIFA Club World Cup matches. Only Orlando will see matches in two different stadiums – a tribute to the football culture built by supporters of Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride.

Camping World Stadium and Inter&Co Stadium are the two venues. This year Camping World hosted a sellout of 63,237 for a friendly between Barcelona and Manchester City, plus over 60,000 fans at the Allstate Continental Classico featuring Brazil and U.S. men’s national soccer teams.

The Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride home pitch at Inter&Co Stadium served as a host venue of Copa America 2024. Also, Orlando City partnered with the Florida Cup to host Flamengo from Brazil.

Both Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride players are subjects of regular international duty. Pride midfielder Ally Lemos participated in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on the national squad only last August.

For the 32-team tournament, the 11 cities or areas hosting matches include:

  • Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York/New Jersey, Orlando (two venues), Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington.

Matches begin on June 13 and end in MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 13. This is over a year before the venue stages the FIFA World Cup 26™ final.

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Sep 18, 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Orlando City celebrates after beating Charlotte FC at Inter&Co Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images / Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

The 32 teams come from six confederations. These include four teams from AFC in Asia, four from CAF in Africa, 12 UEFA from Europe, four from Concacaf, one OFC from Oceania, six CONMEBOL from South America, plus one from the host country.

The match schedule will be announced following the draw. Fans can follow developments of this new tournament format at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 site.

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