Get ready, Cincinnati—international soccer is coming into force. The city's TQL Stadium will host a quartet of Group Stage matches for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 festivities. In an announcement setting every Tri-State area football fanatic's heart racing, the tournament will grace the pitch of Cincinnati from June 15 through June 25.

In the headlining match straight out of the gate, TQL Stadium kicks off its part of the tournament with a noontime face-off between Bayern Munich, the storied 33-time champions of the German Bundesliga, and Auckland City FC, Oceanian football's most decorated club. That’s quite the matchup, indeed. FOX19 detailed the schedule that runs through various consequent dates where clubs like CF Pachuca and FC Red Bull Salzburg will vie for glory on Cincinnati's field.

But the soccer spree doesn't end there, my friends. The City of Seven Hills will continue to roll out the proverbial red carpet for squads such as Mexico's CF Pachuca, fresh off a Concacaf Champions Cup win in 2024, and FC Red Bull Salzburg, 17 rosettes deep in Austrian Bundesliga titles, per the release from WCPO. Adding to the mix, Borussia Dortmund will face down the champions of South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns FC, and later, the top team of South Korea, Ulsan HD FC, in matches that are surefire crowd-pullers.

Tickets are set to fly as sales open on December 19 at 10 a.m., and they're not just available for folks with a hotline to FIFA—no sir, the general public is invited to snag seats; just hit up FIFA.com/tickets and get ready to be part of the global soccer narrative right in your backyard. "We wrap our arms around these opportunities to make them experiences, not just an event," quipped Julie Calvert, President and CEO of Visit Cincy, in an energetic testament to the city's soccer prowess reported by The Cincinnati Enquirer.

While TQL Stadium is already quite the stage for sporting spectacles, the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup matches cement Cincinnati's standing as a burgeoning soccer hotbed. World-class football transpires right in our midst as Cincinnati readies to host international matches and position itself as a potential Team Base Camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It's not just the skyline that'll have eyes turning toward the Buckeye State—it's the pitch, too.