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.

The Club World Cup has been beset by organisational challenges ahead of the first edition of the revamped 32-team tournament in the U.S.

Monday night's match between Brazilian side Flamengo and Tunisia’s Espérance de Tunisie brought two vibrant fan bases together to make one heck of a noise.

The inaugural expansion version of the tournament officially kicked off on Saturday in Miami, but on Tuesday, the competition made its first of six appearances in Orlando when South African team Mamelodi Sundowns FC took on South Korea's Ulsan HD FC at Inter&Co Stadium.

Fans from over 130 countries have purchased nearly 1.5 million tickets for the Club World Cup that kicked off last weekend in its newly expanded format across the United States, FIFA said on Tuesday.

Waldemar Anton claimed that the atmosphere inside MetLife Stadium was great as Borussia Dortmund drew 0-0 with Fluminense, and expects attendances at the Club World Cup to increase

While FIFA is struggling to get fans to show up in the United States to the Club World Cup, the winning team won't care given how much they'll earn.

Chelsea got their Club World Cup campaign off to a winning start against Los Angeles FC in Atlanta but the attendance for the match was far lower than some might have wanted