Lyon did not agree to FIFA's decision and said they would appeal the highest sport courts if they were rejected in this event.
The club added: “In the past few months, we presented all the evidence and documents that confirm that the club Lyon runs itself independently in all economic, administrative and sports aspects.”
The decision to allow the two teams to enter by the Costa Rica Club, Deportivivia Alaguese, who raised the Central American Cup 2023. This was in the same year that Leon was crowned from the CONCACAF Champions League winners, a competition that won in 2024 by Pachucan, whose place was not affected.
Chelsea Lyon was scheduled to direct on June 16 in Atlanta, with Brazil's Flamingo and Tunisian Esperanz, also in the group Dr.