In a key development, Mundo Deportivo states the Board of Directors of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has approved the proposal to forward the request to UEFA for Villarreal vs

Barcelona and Villarreal have moved a step closer to playing a league game in the United States in December. The Spanish football federation (RFEF) confirmed it had given approval to a request from the clubs on Monday.

By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish football could finally cross the Atlantic after the Royal Spanish Football Federation approved a request for Barcelona and Villarreal to play their December LaLiga match in Miami – a move nearly a decade in the making.