Barcelona decided to pick its La Liga match against Villarreal to be played outside of Spain and submitted its demand to La Liga which apparently accepted the request and sent it to UEFA which seems to accept the suggestion too and it is up to FIFA to accept or refuse it.
Since the match will be played in USA, Miami, then I suppose FIFA will not try to annoy the president especially that the big event, World Cup, will take place next year in USA.
Back to Barcelona request, apparently there is some earning that will go directly to them to fill their always empty boxes.
I came to join the discussion after reading this news as well. I guess playing the match in the US both brings financial gains to the teams, promotes the US ahead of the World Cup and aims to enter the US market which has huge potential. So, we can call it a win-win situation for all parties involved. In the past
, things like this would've been opposed
, but now globalism and marketing have grown so much that no one who sees the money will make much noise about it.
I think the only issue is the flight distance. If the players can travel without being too affected by jet lag, we might see plenty more of these matches in the future.