Soccer fans in the U.S. have long been used to seeing some of Europe's biggest clubs play exhibition matches and friendlies during the summer, but now Spain's LaLiga is closer to hosting a regular-season match stateside. And it would include the league's defending champions.

The Spanish league is closer to playing a regular-season game in the United States. The Spanish soccer federation on Monday approved a request for the match between Villarreal and Barcelona to be played in Miami on Dec.

Spanish football could finally cross the Atlantic after the Royal Spanish Football Federation approved a request for Barcelona and Villarreal to play their December LaLiga match in Miami – a move nearly a decade in the making.

At its meeting on August 11, 2025, the RFEF Board of Directors learned of the request from Villarreal CF and FC Barcelona to host the matchday 17 of the First Division in the United States. “After receiving and checking the documentation received,

Villarreal and Barcelona have accepted that their LaLiga match scheduled for December 20, 2025, will be played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, USA, according to a report from Marca. This would mark the first time a major European league fixture takes place on U.

The Spanish soccer league is pushing for a fixture between FC Barcelona and Villarreal to be played in Miami as the first game outside of Spain.