{"id":37451,"date":"2025-03-31T05:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T05:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/fifa-considering-lafc-v-club-america-playoff-to-replace-leon-at-club-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T05:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T05:23:16","slug":"fifa-considering-lafc-v-club-america-playoff-to-replace-leon-at-club-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/fifa-considering-lafc-v-club-america-playoff-to-replace-leon-at-club-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifa considering LAFC v Club Am\u00e9rica playoff to replace Le\u00f3n at Club World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Liga MX side Le\u00f3n were removed due to Fifa regulations<\/li>\n<li>Clubs determined by Champions Cup, Fifa ranking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Fifa spokesperson said on Sunday that the federation is considering holding a one-game playoff between MLS side Los Angeles FC and Liga MX\u2019s Club Am\u00e9rica to determine which club will occupy Club Le\u00f3n\u2019s spot in this summer\u2019s Club World Cup. The victor of this playoff would also take home $9.55m in prize money awarded by Fifa to qualified teams from the Concacaf region.<\/p>\n<p>The playoff teams\u2019 selection notably keeps Costa Rica\u2019s LD Alajuelense out of the competition after the club\u2019s complaint in 2024 led to Le\u00f3n\u2019s recent ouster.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/mar\/31\/fifa-considering-lafc-v-club-america-playoff-to-replace-leon-at-club-world-cup\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liga MX side Le\u00f3n were removed due to Fifa regulations Clubs determined by Champions Cup, Fifa ranking A Fifa spokesperson said on Sunday that the federation is considering holding a one-game playoff between MLS side Los Angeles FC and Liga MX\u2019s Club Am\u00e9rica to determine which club will occupy Club Le\u00f3n\u2019s spot in this summer\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"Fifa considering LAFC v Club Am\u00e9rica playoff to replace Le\u00f3n at Club World Cup\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/fifa-considering-lafc-v-club-america-playoff-to-replace-leon-at-club-world-cup\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fifa considering LAFC v Club Am\u00e9rica playoff to replace Le\u00f3n at Club World Cup\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}