{"id":857109,"date":"2025-06-21T17:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T22:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/club-world-cup-scenarios-how-inter-miami-can-advance-from-group-a-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T17:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T22:11:55","slug":"club-world-cup-scenarios-how-inter-miami-can-advance-from-group-a-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/club-world-cup-scenarios-how-inter-miami-can-advance-from-group-a-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Club World Cup scenarios: How Inter Miami can advance from Group A | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<p>  <main role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\"><\/p>\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Fresh off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/inter-miami-messi-make-mls-concacaf-history-at-fifa-club-world-cup\">historic victory<\/a> over Portuguese giants FC Porto, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/inter-miami-cf\/\">Inter Miami CF<\/a> are chasing a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-club-world-cup\/2025\/\">FIFA Club World Cup<\/a> Round of 16.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It all comes down to Monday evening&#8217;s Group A finale against storied Brazilian side Palmeiras, held at Hard Rock Stadium (9 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/\">DAZN.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what awaits the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/lionel-messi\/\">Lionel Messi<\/a>-led Herons, who will face a Group B opponent on June 28 or 29 if they make the knockout rounds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The top two teams per group reach the Club World Cup 2025 knockout stages.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>If two or more teams in the same group finish with equal points, the following criteria, in the order outlined below, will determine who advances:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Head-to-head in game(s) between the teams concerned<\/li>\n<li>Goal differential in game(s) between the teams concerned<\/li>\n<li>Goals scored in game(s) between the teams concerned<\/li>\n<li>Goal differential in all group matches<\/li>\n<li>Goals scored in all group matches<\/li>\n<li>Disciplinary record (yellow and red cards)<\/li>\n<li>Drawing of lots<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/1935809701414883523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Standings:<\/strong> Group A first place (4 points, +2 GD)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next:<\/strong> Monday vs. Inter Miami (9 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/\">DAZN.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scenarios:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Win: Qualify as Group A winners<\/li>\n<li>Draw: Qualify as Group A winners<\/li>\n<li>Lose: Only eliminated if FC Porto beat Al Ahly and goal differential is made up<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Results so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Brazil<\/p>\n<p><strong>How they qualified:<\/strong> 2021 Copa Libertadores winners<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Standings:<\/strong> Group A second place (4 points, +1 GD)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next:<\/strong> Monday vs. Palmerias (9 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/\">DAZN.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scenarios<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Win: Qualify as Group A winners<\/li>\n<li>Draw: Qualify as Group A runner-up<\/li>\n<li>Lose: Only eliminated if Al Ahly beat FC Porto and goal differential is made up<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Results so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>How they qualified:<\/strong> Host country spot<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Standings:<\/strong> Group A third place (1 point, -1 GD)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next:<\/strong> Monday vs. Al Ahly (9 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/\">DAZN.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scenarios<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Win: Qualify as Group A runner-up if combined with Palmeiras loss and goal differential is made up<\/li>\n<li>Draw: Eliminated<\/li>\n<li>Lose: Eliminated<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Results so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Portugal<\/p>\n<p><strong>How they qualified:<\/strong> Ranking pathway (UEFA)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Standings:<\/strong> Group A fourth place (1 point, -2 GD)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next:<\/strong> Monday vs. Porto (9 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/\">DAZN.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scenarios<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Win: Qualify as Group A runner-up if combined with Inter Miami loss and goal differential is made up<\/li>\n<li>Draw: Eliminated<\/li>\n<li>Lose: Eliminated<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Results so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Egypt<\/p>\n<p><strong>How they qualified:<\/strong> 2020-21, 2022-23 &#038; 2023-24 CAF Champions League winners<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TruALxnnL8I?feature=oembed\" allowfullscreen title=\"Lionel Messi GOAL Reactions From Around The World | FIFA Club Word Cup Highlights\"><\/iframe>\n                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/main><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/fifa-club-world-cup-scenarios-group-a-advance-inter-miami-palmeiras-port-ahly\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Becki Noren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Fresh off a historic victory over Portuguese giants FC Porto, Inter Miami CF are chasing a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16. It all comes down to Monday evening&#8217;s Group A finale against storied Brazilian side Palmeiras, held at Hard Rock Stadium (9 pm ET | DAZN.com). Here&#8217;s what awaits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26608,2005,644],"tags":[114272,5489],"class_list":{"0":"post-857109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scenarios","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-world","10":"tag-scenarios","11":"tag-world"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}