A US District Court judge has ruled against holding foreign league games such as La Liga in The United States.
According to reports, soccer promoters Relevent Sports Group were hoping to hold official league matches from foreign leagues in the United States.
The organizers are known for having staged high-profile friendly matches involving top foreign clubs in the past.
They have conducted the International Champions Cup and a pre-season tournament involving clubs from around the world.
Relevent were now hoping to host league matches from Spain as well as Ecuador in the future.
Hosting these events require the approval of the National Associations of the teams involved, the National Association of the United States, the confederations of the participating and host nations, as well as FIFA.
Relevent seem quite disappointed with the decision, and they have revealed in a statement that if the decision is permitted to stand, it will end up dividing the world markets and restrict the choices for the US fans.
According to them, US fans deserve the opportunity to watch the best players in action in their country, and the ruling will currently prevent them from doing so.
Relevent issued the following statement: “If this decision is permitted to stand, it will undermine the ability of the antitrust laws to protect US consumers against agreements to divide up world markets and restrict competition and choices in the United States. Our leagues have played abroad for decades creating generations of new international fans, and US fans deserve the same opportunity to watch the best players here.”
