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Greatest games at 2025 FIFA Club World Cup venues
The 12 venues for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup have been decided. Have a look at the greatest games played in each stadium.
- Twelve different venues will host matches in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025
- Finals of the FIFA World Cup, Copa America and Gold Cup among notable fixtures played
- We look back on the greatest matches ever played at the 12 stadiums
The 12 venues for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup™ have been confirmed by FIFA and an exciting showcase involving 32 teams awaits next year in the USA, beginning on Sunday 15 June, 2025 and wrapping up with the final on 13 July, 2025 at MetLife Stadium in New York New Jersey, just over a year before it hosts the FIFA World Cup 26™ final.
While some of the stadiums are rich in history and hosted matches over 30 years ago during the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA™, others were constructed in the last ten years and are new on the scene. Nevertheless, each stadium has witnessed some memorable matches.
FIFA take a look at the greatest games, at international or club level, played in each of the 12 Club World Cup 2025 venues.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta United 2-0 Portland Timbers – 2018 MLS Cup final
Atlanta United entered Major League Soccer (MLS) as a new franchise in 2017 and ‘The Benz’ quickly became one of the toughest away venues in the league. With raucous crowds and a high-flying attack, Atlanta United blazed into the MLS Cup final in 2018 in just their second season. In front of a sold-out crowd, goals from Josef Martinez and Franco Escobar paved the way for an epic 2-0 triumph over the Portland Timbers.
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mexico 4-4 Trinidad and Tobago – 2015 Concacaf Gold Cup group stage
No one will ever forget this wild 2015 Concacaf Gold Cup group stage classic in Charlotte between El Tricolor and the Soca Warriors. First place in the group was at stake and Mexico looked set to claim it after taking a 2-0 lead early in the second half. But three goals in 13 minutes suddenly had Trinidad and Tobago in front 3-2. Heading toward full-time, the Caribbean side looked destined to win, only for Mexico to lurch back ahead 4-3 in the 88th and 91st minutes through Andres Guardado and an own goal. There would be one more twist, however, as Trinidad and Tobago’s Yohance Marshall scored on the final kick of the game to earn a 4-4 draw for his side and a first-place finish in the group.
TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
USA 2-2 Canada (USA win 3-2 in penalties) – 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup quarter-finals
It was the first time that the Gold Cup had ever been played in Cincinnati and it did not disappoint. For nearly 90 minutes these two North American rivals were locked in a goalless stalemate before USA broke through in the 88th minute through Brandon Vazquez. Canada were unfazed and pulled level from the penalty spot deep into second-half stoppage time, forcing extra time. This time it was Canada taking the lead on a breathtaking goal from Jacob Shaffelburg, yet USA would respond themselves when Scott Kennedy put through his own net. Matters had to be settled from the spot, where USA goalkeeper Matt Turner made two saves to help his side punch their semi-final ticket.
Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Brazil 0-0 Italy (Brazil win 3-2 in penalties) – 1994 FIFA World Cup final
Southern California’s storied stadium is an American treasure and has witnessed some amazing finals, including USA defeating China PR in penalties to win FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 1999™, and Mexico’s epic 4-2 comeback win over USA in the 2011 Gold Cup, but the decider for the 1994 World Cup takes the cake. Two teams that rolled into the final were locked in a scoreless battle, with neither regular time nor extra time yielding a goal. To the spot they went to decide who would be world champion, and Brazil were the more on-target outfit, as Roberto Baggio’s miss over the crossbar for Italy cemented Brazil’s fourth star.
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida
Argentina 1-0 Colombia – 2024 CONMEBOL Copa America final
The home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins was the site of the final of the 2024 Copa America, which was expanded to 16 teams with six Concacaf nations joining the ten from CONMEBOL. No goals could be found in the first 90, so on to extra time it went and finally Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez landed the decisive blow to deliver a second successive Copa America crown to reigning world champions Argentina, making for a memorable Albiceleste finale for Angel Di Maria.
GEODIS Park, Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville SC 1-1 Inter Miami (Inter Miami win 10-9 in penalties) – 2023 Leagues Cup final
Lionel Messi’s arrival to MLS came with great fanfare and he instantly transformed an Inter Miami team that was at the bottom of the MLS standings into a trophy-winner in the Leagues Cup, a mid-season tournament held between teams from MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX. Messi and Inter Miami traveled to Nashville for the finale and the Argentinian once again waved his magic wand to hand his side a 1-0 first half lead. Nashville answered though in the second half to make it 1-1, forcing a penalty shootout. The roulette of spot-kicks came down to the goalkeepers, with Inter Miami shot-stopper Drake Callender converting his attempt before saving counterpart Elliot Panicco’s effort, earning Miami the crown.
MetLife Stadium, New York New Jersey
Argentina 0-0 Chile (Chile win 4-2 in penalties) – 2016 CONMEBOL Copa America Centenario final
Years before Messi tasted World Cup and Copa America glory, he was on the bitter end of a third final defeat in three years, with Chile downing Argentina in a penalty shootout in a Copa America final after a 0-0 draw, the exact same thing happening at the 2015 Copa America in Chile. La Albiceleste had their fair share of chances to win it, but instead the spoils belonged to Chile after their 4-2 shootout win in which Messi himself failed to convert.
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Netherlands 2-0 Republic of Ireland – 1994 FIFA World Cup round of 16
Known at that time as the Citrus Bowl, Orlando’s biggest outdoor stadium hosted the 1994 World Cup round of 16 fixture between the Netherlands and a Republic of Ireland team that had come into the knockout stages soaring after a momentous 1-0 group-stage triumph over Italy. The Dutch were not impressed though, and they never wavered amid the insufferable daytime central Florida humidity to record a 2-0 victory thanks to first half goals from Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk.
Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Tigres 2-1 Los Angeles FC – 2020 Concacaf Champions Cup final
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 Concacaf Champions Cup to be suspended in March of that year and was not resumed until December, with the remaining sides playing behind closed doors at Inter&Co Stadium as a neutral site. The final pitted Tigres of Liga MX against second-year MLS franchise Los Angeles FC and the USA-based side was feeling good midway through the second half with a 1-0 lead. But Tigres were the stronger team to close things out, as Hugo Ayala equalised and then Andre-Pierre Gignac struck for the winner six minutes from time. Tigres would advance to the 2020 Club World Cup and made history by becoming the first Concacaf team to reach its final.
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mexico 3-1 Jamaica – 2015 Concacaf Gold Cup final
The decider for the 2015 Concacaf Gold Cup took place at the home of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and it was a historical final, with Jamaica being the first team from the Caribbean to play in a Gold Cup final. But the day would belong to Mexico, as goals from Andres Guardado, Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta paced El Tricolor to a 3-1 win, giving Mexico their seventh Gold Cup crown.
Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Sounders 3-0 Pumas – 2022 Concacaf Champions Cup final
It had been 22 years since a team from MLS had captured the Concacaf Champions Cup, but the Seattle Sounders were keen to make history at home in the second leg of their 2022 final against Liga MX side Pumas. Following a 2-2 draw in the first leg in Mexico City, a sold-out Lumen Field inspired Raul Ruidiaz to a brace and Nicolas Lodeiro to a late score for a 3-0 win. Not only did Seattle become the first MLS team to compete in a Club World Cup, doing so in the previous format of the competition in February 2023, but they also clinched a berth in next year’s showcase.
