The settlement with Relevent Sports, a sports promoter controlled by billionaire Miami Dolphins American football team owner Stephen Ross, was disclosed in a Monday filing with the US district court in Manhattan.

It came a little over a year after the federal appeals court in Manhattan revived Relevent’s case, which a trial judge had dismissed in 2021. The US Soccer Federation remains a defendant.

Lawyers for Fifa and US Soccer did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In a statement, Relevent said Fifa will consider changes to its rules about whether games can be played outside a league’s home territory.

Some European and South American teams already play “friendly” matches in the US.

It was not immediately clear whether the settlement would result in non-US teams playing regular season matches there.

Fifa, which has 211 member associations, announced its foreign match policy in October 2018, after Relevent arranged with Spain’s LaLiga to host a regular season match between FC Barcelona and Girona FC in Miami.

Barcelona eventually withdrew, and Relevent sued US Soccer in September 2019 after it scuttled a match in Miami between two Ecuadorean teams. Fifa was added as a defendant a year later.

Relevent, based in New York, also operates the International Champions Cup.

The hosting by US stadiums of regular season matches between foreign teams could draw away fans and sponsors now supporting Fifa-affiliated Major League Soccer.

That league got a boost when football star Lionel Messi, who helped Argentina win the 2022 World Cup, began playing for Inter Miami last year.

The US, along with Canada and Mexico, will co-host the World Cup in men’s football in 2026.