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Los Angeles FC vs. CR Flamengo RJ tickets 2025 Club World Cup
Los Angeles FC vs. CR Flamengo RJ tickets | June 24 | 2025 Club World Cup On June 24 at 9 p.m. ET, Los Angeles FC plays CR Flamengo RJ in the 2025 Club World Cup in Orlando, Florida. Get 2025 Club World Cup tickets at StubHub! Los Angeles FC vs. CR Flamengo RJ match information Game day: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Game time: 9 p.m. ET 9 p.m. ET Location: Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Venue: Camping World Stadium Camping World Stadium Live stream: Watch on DAZN Watch on DAZN Tickets: Get tickets at StubHub The FIFA Club World Cup brings 32 teams from across the world to compete in the USA. Eight groups of four teams will play round robin in the group stage from Saturday, June 14 through Thursday, June 26, with the top two teams from each group advancing. Those 16 teams will compete in a single-elimination knockout tournament starting Saturday, June 28, to crown the Club World Cup champion on Sunday, July 13. Get 2025 Club World Cup tickets at StubHub!
See - Sada Elbalad
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Los Angeles FC Qualify for 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
Rana Atef Early Sunday, the Los Angeles FC completed the list of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup participants. Los Angeles FC defeated Club América of Mexico 2-1 in a playoff match to determine the final qualifier for the Club World Cup. This came after FIFA's decision to exclude León of Mexico due to their ownership links with Pachuca, one of the participating teams in the tournament. Los Angeles FC are enlisted in Group D, alongside Brazilian side Flamengo, Tunisian club Esperance, and English team Chelsea. Club América's Brian Rodríguez scored the first goal in the match with a penalty in the 64th minute. However, Los Angeles FC managed to overturn the match with two consecutive goals, one from Igor Jesús in the 89th minute and another from Denis Bouanga in the 117th minute, after extra time. Los Angeles FC qualified for this match after finishing second in the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League, while Club América entered the playoff as the highest-ranked team in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, following the conclusion of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup. read more Japan Stun Spain 2-1 to Qualify for World Cup Last 16 World Cup 2022: Get to Know Confirmed Line-ups of Japan and Spain Group E Decider Saudi Arabia Bid Farewell to World Cup after 2-1 Loss to Mexico Tunisia Achieve Historic Win over France but Fail to Qualify Tunisia to Clash against France in World Cup Sports Get to Know Squad of Group D Teams in World Cup Sports Al Ahly Gift EGP 70,000 to Players After Claiming Egyptian Super Cup Title Sports Bencharki Hits First 2 Goals with Al Jazira Since Leaving Zamalek Sports Arsenal Possible Line-up for Nottingham Forest News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks News Shell Unveils Cost-Cutting, LNG Growth Plan
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LAFC claims final spot in Club World Cup with 2-1 victory over Club América in play-in match
Los Angeles FC forward Nathan Ordaz, right, dribbles the ball away from Club América defender Cristian Borja during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Club América defender Kevin Álvarez reaches for the ball during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match against Los Angeles FC, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Club América forward Víctor Dávila, left, and Los Angeles FC midfielder Timothy Tillman, right, vie for the ball during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Los Angeles FC midfielder Igor Jesus, center, and Club América forward Rodrigo Aguirre, right, vie for the ball during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Los Angeles FC midfielder Igor Jesus, center, and Club América forward Rodrigo Aguirre, right, vie for the ball during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Los Angeles FC forward Nathan Ordaz, right, dribbles the ball away from Club América defender Cristian Borja during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Club América defender Kevin Álvarez reaches for the ball during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match against Los Angeles FC, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Club América forward Víctor Dávila, left, and Los Angeles FC midfielder Timothy Tillman, right, vie for the ball during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Los Angeles FC midfielder Igor Jesus, center, and Club América forward Rodrigo Aguirre, right, vie for the ball during the first half of a FIFA Club World Cup play-in soccer match, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Bouanga scored late in extra time and Los Angeles FC dramatically secured the final spot in the FIFA Club World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Club América in a play-in match on Saturday night. Igor Jesus tied it for LAFC in the 89th minute, slipping through traffic and converting a header for his first goal with his new club. Advertisement After 24 tense minutes of extra time, Bouanga jumped into the play and fired home a deflected shot from the top of the penalty area in the 115th minute, setting off a wild celebration at BMO Stadium and sending LAFC to its first Club World Cup. LAFC will join English club Chelsea, Brazil's Flamengo and Tunisia's ES Tunis when group play begins in two weeks across the U.S. South. LAFC's victory is extraordinarily lucrative for the Major League Soccer power, guaranteeing at least $9.55 million in prize money for making the tournament field. The club also has a chance at nearly $100 million more in prize money from FIFA's nearly $1 billion pool. Brian Rodríguez put América ahead midway through the second half by converting a penalty kick against his former team, but Las Águilas fell short in front of thousands of supporters. Advertisement One spot in the 32-team Club World Cup was open because FIFA disqualified León under its rules against participation by multiple clubs owned by the same entity. León and Pachuca are owned by the same group, and León lost its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport four weeks ago after attempting to change its ownership structure. With a stadium full of raucous fans supporting both teams, LAFC and América were cautious in the first half, putting just one shot on target apiece. Rodríguez beat Hugo Lloris from the spot in the 64th minute, capitalizing on a penalty awarded following a video review of Mark Delgado's risky, spikes-up challenge on Erick Sánchez. Rodríguez, who came on as a halftime substitute after recently recovering from injury, spent parts of four seasons with LAFC from 2019-22 before the Uruguayan winger moved to América for a hefty transfer fee. LAFC got moving offensively when Olivier Giroud came on as a second-half substitute. The French star nearly tipped home a pass in the box in the 81st minute, but Luis Malagón thwarted him. LAFC cranked up its late pressure behind Bouanga and Giroud. Advertisement Jesus, the 22-year-old Brazilian midfielder, finally beat Malagón with a header in the box. Lloris stopped a point-blank chance for Javairô Dilrosun in the second half of extra time shortly before Bouanga's winner. Tickets for the match were distributed equally between the clubs' supporters — and América has a large fan base in Los Angeles, where Mexican teams and players are greeted with massive support whenever they visit. América fans mobbed the south stands at BMO Stadium 90 minutes before kickoff, while LAFC's famed North End crowd was packed. Both sections set off fireworks and smoke bombs after kickoff, underlining the remarkable atmosphere and giving a taste of what's to come in June and July. Advertisement The largest Club World Cup to date will be held across the U.S. as a precursor to the FIFA World Cup's return to North America in 2026. Inter Miami and the Seattle Sounders already qualified from Major League Soccer, while Pachuca and Monterrey already qualified from Liga MX. ___ AP soccer:
Hindustan Times
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Soccer-Bouanga's extra time strike takes LAFC into Club World Cup
May 31 - Denis Bouanga scored an extra-time winner to lift Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over Club America in a Club World Cup qualifying playoff match at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday. The winger, who had orchestrated much of LAFC's attacking output in the match, scored the winner in the 115th minute after unleashing a shot that took a wicked deflection on its way into the net. After a goalless first half, Mexico's Club America were awarded a penalty in the 62nd minute, when referee Wilton Sampaio went to the pitchside monitor and ruled that Mark Delgado had fouled Erick Sanchez. Substitute Brian Rodriguez, who made 64 appearances for LAFC between 2019 and 2022, stepped up to the spot and fired his effort past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. LAFC pressed hard for an equaliser and their pressure paid off when Igor Jesus headed home from a corner in the 89th minute to score his first goal for the club and take the match into extra time. The Major League Soccer side go into Group D alongside Brazil's Flamengo, Tunisian club Esperance de Tunis and Premier League side Chelsea. The playoff was held to decide the 32nd team in the Club World Cup after Club Leon were kicked out of the tournament in March due to an ownership rule breach. The Mexican club also had their appeal rejected at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The expanded 32-team Club World Cup runs from June 14 to July 13 in the United States with prize money of $1 billion at stake.
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LAFC, Club América are anticipating their 'massive' play-in match to join Club World Cup field
Los Angeles FC's Denis Bouanga, right, and Timothy Tillman, left, celebrate after Bouanga's penalty kick goal against the Vancouver Whitecaps during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) America's coach Andre Jardine and his players stand on the pitch with their second place medals after losing 0-2 against Toluca during the Mexican soccer league second leg final match at Nemesio Diez stadium in Toluca, Mexico, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Los Angeles FC's Olivier Giroud reacts after scoring against CF Montreal during second-half MLS soccer match action in Montreal, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP) Los Angeles FC's Olivier Giroud reacts after scoring against CF Montreal during second-half MLS soccer match action in Montreal, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP) Los Angeles FC's Denis Bouanga, right, and Timothy Tillman, left, celebrate after Bouanga's penalty kick goal against the Vancouver Whitecaps during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) America's coach Andre Jardine and his players stand on the pitch with their second place medals after losing 0-2 against Toluca during the Mexican soccer league second leg final match at Nemesio Diez stadium in Toluca, Mexico, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Los Angeles FC's Olivier Giroud reacts after scoring against CF Montreal during second-half MLS soccer match action in Montreal, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivier Giroud has won the World Cup and UEFA Champions League during his decorated career, yet even Los Angeles FC's famed French striker is impressed by the extraordinary nature of the stakes when his team hosts Club América on Saturday night. The winner of this one-game play-in match gets the final spot in the FIFA Club World Cup and the remarkable chance for a North American team to face world soccer powers in the biggest-ever edition of this summer competition. Advertisement 'To get the opportunity to play that kind of competition is a big chance for the boys,' Giroud said. 'We need to grab the opportunity.' What's more, the winning team at BMO Stadium will be guaranteed at least $9.55 million for its Club World Cup berth, along with a shot at nearly $100 million from the tournament's biggest-ever prize pool of nearly $1 billion. Even the setting is tantalizing: Thanks to equal ticket distribution, LAFC's sold-out arena will be packed with raucous supporters of both the home team and the biggest professional club in Mexico. Los Angeles' passion for all forms of Mexican soccer is famously rabid, and América has legions of Southern California fans. No wonder the players and coaches involved are expecting a career-defining experience in this big-money match. Advertisement 'It's massive,' LAFC center back Aaron Long said. 'I think the stakes are probably as high as it can get. Two titans of North America battling it out. I'm sure BMO will be on a different level. I'm sure fans from both sides are going to be going all-in, giving 100%. If you're a fan, these are the games you want to go and see. It's going to be incredible.' The Club World Cup includes 32 teams for the first time, and it is being held across the U.S. one year before the FIFA World Cup returns to North America. Two Major League Soccer clubs and two Liga MX clubs have already qualified for the event, and LAFC or América will join them based on the results of this one match. Giroud has done just about everything in world soccer — except this. Chelsea won the Champions League with Giroud in 2021 to earn a Club World Cup spot, but Giroud left for AC Milan before it happened. 'This is the kind of match you need to play at 110%,' Giroud said. "I've never played in it. It could be nice to meet Chelsea again, but obviously it will be a massive game (first).' Advertisement Indeed, the winner of the play-in match will face Chelsea, Brazil's Flamengo and Tunisia's ES Tunis in group play. LAFC and América got this opportunity after FIFA disqualified León because of its rules against participation by multiple clubs owned by the same entity. León and fellow Liga MX qualifier Pachuca are owned by the same group, and León lost its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after attempting to change its ownership structure. The decision was only finalized 3 1/2 weeks ago, necessitating this quick one-game playoff for the final spot. The matchup will also serve as an informal referendum on the usually friendly competition between MLS and Liga MX for unofficial recognition as North America's top professional league. LAFC and América already met in a preseason friendly in Los Angeles this year, but the play-in is a different animal. Advertisement 'I believe this game will be prepared like a final,' said LAFC goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, another World Cup champion. 'It's going to be interesting to face one of the best Mexican clubs, and it's going to be tough, challenging, but it's also what you play football for," Lloris added. "When I signed for LAFC, I didn't expect to have this type of opportunity. I know that in life and in football, when you have this kind of opportunity, you have to do everything to take it.' LAFC has enjoyed steady success since its MLS debut in 2018, winning the MLS Cup playoff championship in 2022 and earning two Supporters' Shields for the best regular-season record. LAFC is unbeaten in eight matches since a CONCACAF Champions League qualifier loss to Club World Cup invitee Inter Miami last April. América is generally considered both the most popular and the most decorated club in Mexico, and Las Águilas have been on top of Liga MX for much of the previous three seasons. Their Brazilian coach, André Jardine, attracted international praise while his team won three straight titles before losing the Clausura final to Toluca last Sunday night, falling just short of becoming only the second team in Mexico's history to win four consecutive championships. ___ AP soccer:
