In the end, not even Saudi Arabia or Gianni Infantino could engineer a way to get Cristiano Ronaldo to the Club World Cup.

Inter Miami opens the 2025 Club World Cup against Al-Ahly of Egypt. Is Lionel Messi playing? Here's what we know, plus TV schedule.

Our guide to all 32 clubs participating at the FIFA Club World Cup continues.You can check out the full list so far here.Today we're looking at...Inter Miami.How did they qualify for the Club World

All Times EDT Saturday, June 14

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.

Thirty-two clubs from around the world will compete in the Club World Cup, which begins Saturday night when Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami hosts Al Ahly, the champions of the Egyptian Premier League. Messi and Miami are +100 favorites on the three-way moneyline for Saturday’s curtain-raiser.

The Club World Cup will take Inter Miami from start-up to the global stage. Just five years after its MLS debut, the team co-owned by David Beckham and starring

Inter Miami CF and FC Porto face each other this Thursday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium of the FIFA Club World Cup. The match will be broadcast live at 20:00 on DAZN.In their last fixture, Inter Miami