The playing surface at the stadium which will host next year's World Cup final has been criticised after its Club World Cup debut

Despite FIFA's lofty ambitions, the Club World Cup has so far played out in front of half-empty stadiums, the result of steep ticket prices, poor promotion and a misread of the U.S. market.

The first FIFA Club World Cup match at MetLife Stadium yielded all too familiar criticisms of the playing surface in the ground. Notoriously one of the most dis