Overview
- Relevent Sports informed LaLiga it would no longer organize the Dec. 20 fixture in Miami, prompting the league to call off the plan.
- LaLiga said the decision ends what it viewed as a major opportunity to expand in the United States and grow revenues.
- Players staged coordinated 15‑second stoppages over the weekend, and coaches such as Xabi Alonso and Hansi Flick publicly opposed the move.
- UEFA had granted only reluctant, exceptional approval for a domestic league game to be played abroad.
- The episode comes as Serie A pursues permission to stage AC Milan vs. Como in Perth on Feb. 8, highlighting wider ambitions to take league matches overseas.