By Zachary Stieber
President Donald Trump said on July 8 that he will attend the final of the Club World Cup soccer tournament.
“I’m going to go. I’ll be going to the game,” Trump said after a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington.
The final game of the Club World Cup, put on by the international soccer governing body Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), is scheduled to take place on July 13 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The final of the Club World Cup, organized by the international soccer governing body FIFA, is scheduled for July 13 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Chelsea, an English club, is one of the teams in the final after defeating Fluminense in a semifinal. Paris Saint-Germain of France faces Real Madrid of Spain in the other semifinal on Wednesday.
The Club World Cup, featuring some of the world’s top club teams, is taking place one year ahead of the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in part in the United States.
MetLife Stadium is set to host the final of the 2026 World Cup.
Trump’s announcement came one day after FIFA President Gianni Infantino traveled to Trump Tower in New York City, about 10 miles east of MetLife Stadium.
Infantino presented the Club World Cup trophy and said that fans can go to the tower before Sunday’s game to see it.
Joined by Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, Infantino also said that FIFA would be opening an office inside Trump Tower.
“Today, we are opening an office of FIFA here in Trump Tower. Thank you, Eric, thank you to everyone. Thanks, of course, to President Trump as well, who is a big fan of soccer,” he said.
The FIFA president added later, “We have received such a big support from the government and from the president with the White House Task Force for the FIFA Club World Cup and for the FIFA World Cup next year.”
The Club World Cup featured 32 clubs and players from 72 countries, including Argentina’s Lionel Messi, who plays for Inter Miami of Major League Soccer, and Gonzalo García of Real Madrid and Spain.
The 2026 World Cup will feature 48 national teams. Apart from co-hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States, Japan, New Zealand, and Argentina are among the other teams slated to participate in the quadrennial event.
The 2022 World Cup took place in Qatar. Argentina won the tournament after beating France.
During the 2024 Olympics, Spain won the gold medal for men’s soccer, while the United States won the gold medal for women’s soccer.
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