Why FIFA’s Club World Cup Is Flopping - Washington Examiner

Why FIFA’s Club World Cup is Flopping - Washington Examiner

Last Sunday, Audi Field in Washington, D.C., hosted what seemed a world-class soccer match: Red Bull Salzburg, a Union of European Football Associations Champions League regular, versus Al Hilal, one of Asia’s most decorated clubs. It was competitive, but the energy was flat, the players looked disinterested, and the fans who showed up mostly stayed quiet. It wasn’t just dull, but an indicator of the rampant sports fatigue seen around the world.…

Club World Cup Ticket Flop Should Worry FIFA

FIFA president Gianni Infantino was hoping to create quite the interesting legacy with his plans to expand the routinely ignored Club World Cup tournament, but this summer's iteration of his project has been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons and it started long before the first scheduled games in the United States kicked off.Inter Miami's invitation to the tournament will be known by fans in the future as the Lionel Messi contract, …