Boca Juniors midfielder Rodrigo Battaglia (5) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against Benfica in the first half of their Group C first-round FIFA Club World Cup soccer match at Hard Rock Stadium on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Photo by Matias J. Ocner [email protected]

Follow live coverage from Group C at the Club World Cup South American giants Boca Juniors face Benfica in Miami

The songs never stopped, the stands never sat, and for most of the night, Boca's traveling fans made Hard Rock Stadium feel like La Bombonera.

Two Argentine World Cup champions helped Benfica draw against Argentina's Boca Juniors in a Club World Cup match in Miami on June 16.

Sales for the FIFA Club World Cup, a series of precursor games ahead of next year’s North American World Cup, were already lackluster when, last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection bragged online about how its agents would be “suited and booted and ready to provide security for the first round of games.

There will be road closures three hours before the parking gates open for the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday, June 14.

The opening night of FIFA's “new era for soccer” was not without its cringe moments, but it also delivered a fun game of football

Ahead of the Club World Cup kickoff, much of the focus was on the state of the pitch at Hard Rock Stadium. After hosting two Shakira concerts just days before the tournament began, the field was reinstalled but showed overlapping turf panels and uneven patches,