As the United States prepares to host the revamped 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, executives from Europe's top teams see an opportunity to definitively break into the soccer world's lone holdout.

The monthlong soccer tournament is the brainchild of FIFA President Gianni Infantino. But slow ticket sales and complaints from overworked players suggest its success is hardly an open goal.

After more than a year of uncertainty and criticism, the Club World Cup kicked off in Miami, and soccer may never be the same