MetLife Stadium will host eight games in next year’s World Cup, including the final, drawing some 80,000 fans to East Rutherford for the final alone.

Across 32 competing teams over the last month, FIFA have doled out a $1billion (£744m) prize pot.

South American sides were undefeated in six of the 12 matches they played against European teams, showcasing that the gap between the two continents' clubs may not be as vast as some may have expecte...