LAFC, the América on May 31st in the Club World Cup Playoff

América from Los Angeles FC and Liga MX will be replaced on May 31 in the BMO Stadium of LAFC against the Club León Club at the 32-Team Club World Championship, which will be held in the United States next month, a source of ESPN.

The Mexican side of León finally lost its legal game against FIFA on Tuesday and was officially excluded from the World Cup for multi-club ownership rules of FIFA.

The arbitral tribunal for sport said that his judges had rejected León’s attempt to remove FIFA from the tournament because he was removed in the same owner group in the same group of owners as an additional entry of the Club World Championship, Pachuca.

The Club León originally instructed a place in the international tournament after winning the Concacaf Champions Cup 2023.

“All appeals were summarized for a single CAS case, which was heard in Lausanne, Switzerland, in the CAS headquarters on May 5, 2025 …” said Cas in an explanation. “The CAS committee has made an operational decision that showed the three vocations and decided that Pachuca and Club León did not meet the criteria in the regulations for the FIFA World Cup 2025 (Art. 10.1) about several club owners.”

The legal dispute in Switzerland five months after FIFA, which León let in the tournament company in Miami despite the pending multi-club ownership.

“The verdict was hard, the rivals were very influential, the pressure intense and the missions very high,” said Club León in a statement. “But those who suffered the most on the way were our people: fans and footballers earn more respect of an organization that is devoted to promoting sport. In this case, however, there was no sporting principle.”

Grupo Pachucas Club de Fútbol Pachuca was still released after securing a place to win the Concacaf Champion Cup 2024.

The winner of the playoff between LAFC and América is guaranteed almost 10 million US dollars from the Club WM prices in the amount of $ 1 billion. The date and the place of the playoff were first reported by givemesport.

The tournament begins on June 14th.

“The FIFA welcomes the decision of the arbitral tribunal for Sport (CAS) to reject the appeals of CF Pachuca, Club León and Asociación Liga Deportiva Alajuelse in relation to the FIFA Club World Championship 2025,” said FIFA in a statement.

“In accordance with the applicable tournament regulations, FIFA has decided that the team as a replacement for the Club León through a play-off match between Los Angeles FC (second place at the Club León in the 2023-Concacaf Champions Cup) and the club América (top team in the FIF champion” Kup champions ranking recording of the FIFACAC-Club-Champions Ranging recordings in the FIFACC-Club-Champions Ranking Ranking of the FIFACC-Club-Champions ranking in the confused champions recording of the FIFRA-Champions ranking list of the FIFRA Champions Ranking Ranking. has.

“The winners automatically qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and take over the position of the León club in Group D.”

The winner of the game meets on June 16 in Atlanta, then Esperance from Tunisia in Nashville and Flamengo in Brazil in Orlando.

Information from Jeff Carlisle from ESPN and The Associated Press was used in this report.