When the ball gets kicked off the center circle of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, the United States will go down in history as the first host of the most important soccer tournament created this century.

Ahead are a few predictions on what we can expect from the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. Players like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Ousmane Dembélé are expected to feature at some point during the tournament, but perhaps the most interesting player in action will be Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The tournament features some of soccer's biggest stars, like Lionel Messi and iconic teams like Spain's Real Madrid.

In a now-deleted social media post, United States Customs and Border Protection exclaimed its agents would be “suited and booted ready to provide security for the first round of games”,