WASHINGTON (June 17, 2025) –DC’s Audi Field will host three Club World Cup games this summer. Kicking off tomorrow, Wednesday June 18, Abu Dhabi-based Al Ain FC will play Turin, Italy’s Juventus.
Sunday, June 22 Audi Field will see Wals-Siezenheim, Austria-based FC Salzburg will compete against Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal. And lastly, on Thursday, June 26, Morocco’s Wydad AC will play a match against Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain FC.
Experts at the George Washington University’s Business School of Sports Management are able to discuss the ins and outs of hosting, target audience and sports coordination. To speak with an expert, please contact Media Relations Specialist Shannon Mitchell at shannon [dot] mitchell
gwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu) or Claire Sabin at claire [dot] sabingwu [dot] edu (claire[dot]sabin[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Scott Rezendez, Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University, Rezendez is one of the only professors teaching a master’s course of Management of Global Soccer in the United States. Rezendez is also the CEO of The Soccer Syndicate. He is an expert in the business of soccer, challenges and benefits the sport has in the United States as well as sporting and competition.
Rezendes sat down to speak with GW’s Media Relations team on the Club World Cup 2025 in DC.
Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Director of the MS in Sport Management Program and an associate professor of sport management, has been a professor of sport, event, and tourism management at GW for more than 30 years. Delpy Neirotti works with a number of sport event organizations, sponsors, and professional teams to conduct economic and market research studies including the Olympic Games, World Cup, Citi Bank Tennis Tournament, College Football Bowl Games, among others. Neirotti has worked 22 consecutive Olympics as a consultant, volunteer or researcher, in addition to 5 World Cups, and hundreds of other major sport events since 1984.
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