The Club World Cup ended on Sunday when Chelsea beat Paris St. Germain 3-0 in the final.
What comes next?
“The first and only plan is to rest,” answered Reece James after the final.
The Chelsea captain is a lucky one. For many of the 32 teams entered in the Club World Cup, it is more of the same.
Inter Miami exited the Club World Cup on June 29, but it has since played three MLS games — Lionel Messi has scored twice in each of the three wins — and it has two more games scheduled this week.
If it’s Tuesday, it must be time to catch a plane to Cincinnati.
The more games pile up and the more competitions are created, the more they become indistinguishable. The Herons have already completed two campaigns this year — the Concacaf Champions Cup and Club World Cup — and will start the Leagues Cup in two weeks.
Of course, they aren’t alone. MLS rivals LAFC and the Seattle Sounders are back in action, as are Pachuca and Monterrey in Liga MX. They all have the Leagues Cup coming up.
It’s more of the same for the Club World Cup entrants from South America. League play has resumed, and four of the six teams — all but Fluminense and Boca Juniors —are entered in the knockout phase of the Copa Libertadores.
PSG’s 2024-25 season began last August and extended more than 11 months with 67 games, including two preseason friendlies in Austria.
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