Seattle’s Lumen Field will host six matches during next year’s Club World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced on Tuesday.

The Seattle Sounders, who secured their place in the competition by winning the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, will play all three of their group stage fixtures at their home ground.

In addition to the Sounders’ matches, three further games will take place at Lumen Field, one of twelve stadiums set to host a total of 63 matches during the tournament. The expanded event will feature 32 teams representing FIFA’s six football confederations.

“So, we want to hear some noise, and we want the World Cup (noise record) to be broken at this stadium by the Seattle Sounders fans during the FIFA Club World Cup next year,” Infantino said in a video posted on Instagram.

The tournament is scheduled to begin on 15 June and conclude on 13 July, with the final being held at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, which will also host the 2026 World Cup final. So far, the Club World Cup has attracted no major U.S. sponsors, and a media rights deal is yet to be finalised.

Infantino was set to meet with local elected officials, representatives from the Seattle Sounders, the National Women’s Soccer League team Seattle Reign, and the leadership team for Seattle’s 2026 World Cup organising committee.

Seattle has also been selected as a host city for the 2026 men’s World Cup.

When the dates for the Club World Cup were announced, the global players’ union FIFPRO criticised FIFA for not taking player workloads into account when scheduling the matches.

On Monday, FIFPRO’s European division and the European Leagues group, representing 33 nations, filed a formal complaint with the European Commission on competition grounds, accusing FIFA of failing to consult adequately on its decisions.

The European Commission, based in Brussels, is the executive arm of the 27-nation European Union and can intervene in cases where competition law is breached.

Twelve European teams will compete in the Club World Cup. They are Atlético Madrid, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Real Madrid, and Red Bull Salzburg.

Other teams that have qualified include Boca Juniors, Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras, and River Plate from South America; León, Monterrey, Pachuca, and the Sounders from North America; Al Ahly, Esperance, Mamelodi Sundowns, and Wydad from Africa; Al Hilal, Al Ain, Ulsan, and Urawa from Asia; and Auckland City from Oceania.