Inter Miami will take on Atlanta United in an MLS Playoff match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, November 2, 2024 (11/24/24).

HOW TO WATCH: Fans can watch AppleTV+via an MLS Season Pass subscription.

Here’s what you need to know:

What: MLS game

WHO: Inter Miami vs. Atlanta United

When: Saturday November 2, 2024

Time: 7:00 PM ET

Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

TV: N/A

Live stream: AppleTV+

Here’s a recent AP story about Messi:

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA on Wednesday finally announced an initial sponsor for the revamped Club World Cup in a deal that will provide video review checks during next year’s tournament in the United States.

Chinese consumer electronics company Hisense will have “branding appear in the video operations room and on on-field screens,” FIFA said in a statement, as match officials reviewed key incidents in the 32-team tournament scheduled for June 15 to July. 11 American cities are played. 13.

While no previous FIFA tournament has had a sponsor for video reviews since the technology was approved ahead of the 2018 Men’s World Cup in Russia, Hisense was the official “VAR Screen Provider” for this year’s European Championship hosted by UEFA in Germany .

Less than eight months before the Club World Cup kicks off – with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami hosting the first match of a tournament that will see Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich play their first competitive matches in the US – it now has one sponsor, but still lacks any broadcasting agreements.

FIFA’s talks over a global streaming deal with Apple+ stalled several months ago and U.S. sponsors are more focused on deals for the 2026 men’s World Cup, which will be co-hosted with Canada and Mexico.

FIFA’s long-standing sponsors Adidas, Coca-Cola and Wanda, who have contracts for all tournaments running up to and including the 2030 World Cup, have yet to be confirmed as commercial partners for the Club World Cup.

Saudi Arabian sponsors are expected to sign up for the Club World Cup soon and will help FIFA president Gianni Infantino fulfill promises to participating teams that the tournament’s total prize money will reach hundreds of millions of dollars every four years. FIFA will confirm Saudi Arabia as host of the 2034 World Cup on December 11.

The new Hisense deal “paves the way for further sponsorship deals for FIFA’s new flagship club competition to be announced in the coming weeks”, the football world body said.

FIFA did not specify the value of the deal struck with Infantino at a signing ceremony in Shanghai.

Reviews of referee decisions on major incidents – for goals, penalties and red cards – can run to at least two minutes, despite FIFA’s aim during tests in 2016 to complete checks in around 10 seconds.

Hisense first signed on as a FIFA sponsor for the 2018 World Cup and was renewed for the 2022 edition in Qatar.

The television and laptop manufacturer also signed its first sponsorship deal with UEFA, when Infantino was still general secretary of the European Football Association, ahead of Euro 2016.

Europe will send 12 teams to the relaunched Club World Cup, which is aimed at continental champions and teams with consistently good results in those competitions over the four seasons from 2020 to 2024.

Countries are limited to two entries unless they have won at least three continental titles in the four-year qualifying period. This rule excluded Liverpool, Leipzig and Barcelona, ​​who were among Europe’s top twelve teams in the Champions League.

The entry reserved for the host nation’s champion was surprisingly awarded by FIFA to Inter Miami this month based on regular season record, rather than waiting for the MLS Cup final on December 7. That decision allowed Messi to be involved.

The draw for the tournament is expected in early December, after the final entry has been confirmed when the South American Copa Libertadores final is played on November 30.