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If you’re a Blues fan in the USA then you’re getting pretty excited about this Chelsea US tour in the summer of 2022.

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Given that the full schedule has now been released, it’s time to start marking plans for where and when you can watch Mason Mount, Thiago Silva, Christian Pulisic and Co. in action Stateside.

After it was previously announced that Chelsea would play against Arsenal in the Florida Cup in Orlando, two more games have now been confirmed as the Blues will face Mexican giants Club America in Las Vegas, Nevada and then Charlotte FC of MLS in the North Carolina city in what is being dubbed the FC Series.

Thomas Tuchel’s side are much-loved in the USA and have been on many preseason tours in the United States of America in the past. It is believed they will train in the U.S. before playing these preseason games.

Below is the schedule in full for this tour (no kick off times have yet been revealed but all will be in the evening local time) and you can click here to buy tickets for the Chelsea US tour.

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The Premier League is holding its first pre-season tournament in the USA, with six clubs taking part in matches and events in five major East Coast cities.

Aston Villa ,  Brentford ,  Brighton & Hove Albion ,  Chelsea ,  Fulham  and  Newcastle United  are competing in a total of nine matches at stadiums in Atlanta (Georgia), Harrison (New Jersey), Orlando (Florida), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and Landover (Maryland).

See: Chelsea crowned Summer Series champions

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Saturday, July 22 7:00PM: Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion Match centre > Sunday, July 23 4:00PM: Fulham 3-2 Brentford Match centre > 7:00PM: Newcastle United 3-3 Aston Villa Match centre >

Mercedes-Benz Stadium; Atlanta, GA

Wednesday, July 26 5:30PM: Brentford 0-2 Brighton Match centre > 8:15PM: Newcastle United 1-1 Chelsea Match centre >

Exploria Stadium; Orlando, FL

Wednesday, July 26 7:00PM: Fulham 0-2 Aston Villa Match centre >

Red Bull Arena; Harrison, New Jersey

Friday, July 28 7:30PM: Brighton 1-2 Newcastle Match centre >

FedExField; Landover, Maryland

Sunday, July 30 12:00PM: Aston Villa 3-3 Brentford Match centre > 2:45PM: Chelsea 2-0 Fulham Match centre >

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Chelsea’s summer tour of the USA is underway and here we have details ahead of our first trip Stateside since 2019.

The Blues will depart for the States on Saturday 9 July and return home following our final game of the tour, on Saturday 23 July.

It will be a chance to see the likes of Thiago Silva , Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz in action again after their summer break, and we answer the key questions for you right here.

What is Chelsea’s schedule for their summer tour of the USA?

Our time in the USA will begin with a training camp in Los Angeles before the Blues move on to other parts of the country to play three games, against Club America of Mexico, local team Charlotte FC and Arsenal.

Where to watch Chelsea’s US summer tour?

We play Club America at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Charlotte FC at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, and finally Arsenal at the Camping World Stadium in Florida.

When are Chelsea’s games in pre-season?

Our first match against Club America is on Saturday 16 July. We then play Charlotte on Wednesday 20 July and Arsenal on Saturday 23 July.

Where to buy tickets for Chelsea’s summer tour?

You can buy tickets to all three of Chelsea’s pre-season fixtures here .

How to watch Chelsea's US summer tour games against Club America, Charlotte FC and Arsenal?

Our three games will be broadcast in the UK live and exclusively on the Chelsea website and the 5th Stand app. You can watch for free .

The games will also be shown on our platforms for free in these countries: Europe Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Czechia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Asia Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macao, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. For all other countries, local broadcasters will be announced by FC Series in due course.

Can I watch the Chelsea players train?

Yes! You can see Thomas Tuchel put his squad through their paces in both Las Vegas and Orlando. We will be training at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas at 5pm (local time) on Friday 15 July. Book here .

The following Friday 22 July, the Blues will make the most of the Orlando FC Training Facility. That also starts at 5pm local time and you can secure your place here .

The open training sessions are free to attend but don’t hesitate in booking!

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Lambeau To Welcome City And Bayern — What Other Summer Friendlies Are In USA?

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When it comes to the biggest of soccer teams coming to USA 2022 and the resulting schedule of summer friendlies, it doesn't get much better than Manchester City versus Bayern Munich at 81,441-seat Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Saturday, July 23.

The Frozen Tundra in Titletown USA has never hosted a soccer match in its 65-year history — mainly because Lambeau isn't able to accommodate a regulation-sized soccer pitch — but concessions have been made for what'll amount to a memorable night in the Badger State.

Other clubs have already announced plans — including Chelsea, Arsenal, Barcelona and Club América — while there are also international friendlies for the USWNT, USMNT and Mexico.

Soccer Teams Coming To USA 2022: Schedule Of Friendlies This Summer

Saturday, June 11

Ecuador vs. Mali 

Location: Rentschler Field, Hartford, CT | Time: 5:30 p.m. ET 

Minnesota United (MLS) vs. SC Paderborn (2.Bundesliga)

Location: Allianz Field, St Paul, MN | Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Wednesday, June 15

Chivas (Liga MX) vs. Santos Laguna (Liga MX)

Location: Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT | Time: 9:00 p.m. ET 

Saturday, June 18

Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos and Friends Friendly

Location: DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL | Time: 6:30 p.m. ET 

Saturday, June 25

USWNT vs. Colombia

Location: DSG Park, Commerce City, CO | Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, June 28

Location: Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT | Time: 10:00 p.m. ET  

Saturday, July 2

Deportivo Cali (Primera A) vs. América de Cali (Primera A)

Location: Daytona International Speedway, FL | Time: TBA

Sunday, July 3

Americas Legends vs. European Legends

Location: Daytona International Speedway, FL | Time: 3:00 p.m. ET 

Saturday, July 16

Chelsea (EPL) vs. Club América (Liga MX) 

Location: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV | Time: TBA

Arsenal (EPL) vs. Everton (EPL)

Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD | Time: 7:00 p.m. ET

Tuesday, July 19

Barcelona (LaLiga) vs. Inter Miami (MLS)

Location: DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL | Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, July 20

Club América (Liga MX) vs. Manchester City (EPL)

Location: NRG Stadium, Houston, TX | Time: 8:30 p.m. ET  

Orlando City (MLS) vs. Arsenal (EPL)

Location: Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL | Time: TBA

Charlotte FC (MLS) vs. Chelsea (EPL)

Location: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC | Time: TBA

DC United (MLS) vs. Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)

Location: Audi Field, Washington, D.C. | Time: 7:30 p.m. ET 

Minnesota United (MLS) vs. Everton (EPL)

Friday, July 22

Juventus (Serie A) vs. Chivas (Liga MX)

Saturday, July 23

Arsenal (EPL) vs. Chelsea (EPL) 

Location: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL | Time: TBA

Manchester City (EPL) vs. Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)

Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI | Time: TBA

Barcelona (LaLiga) vs. Real Madrid (LaLiga)

Location: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV | Time: TBA 

Tuesday, July 26

Barcelona (LaLiga) vs. Juventus (Serie A)

Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX | Time: TBA

Saturday, July 30

Barcelona (LaLiga) vs. New York Red Bulls (MLS)

Location: Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ | Time: 7:00 p.m. ET

Juventus (Serie A) vs. Real Madrid (LaLiga)

Location: Rose Bowl, Los Angeles, CA | Time: TBA

Wednesday, August 3

Chivas (Liga MX) vs. LA Galaxy (MLS), LAFC (MLS) vs. Club América (Liga MX)

Location: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA | Time: TBA

Wednesday, August 10

MLS All-Stars vs. Liga MX All-Stars

Location: Allianz Field, Saint Paul, MN | Time: 8:30 p.m. ET   

Wednesday, August 31

Mexico vs. Paraguay

Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA | Time: 8:30 p.m. ET

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Arsenal . July 16. Everton in Baltimore, July 20. at Orlando City, July 23. Chelsea in Orlando. *Barcelona . July 19. at Inter Miami, July 30. at NY Red Bulls. Bayern Munich . July 20. at D.C. United, July 23 . Man. City in Green Bay. Chelsea . July 16 . Club America in Las Vegas, July 20. at Charlotte FC, July 23. Arsenal in Orlando. Everton . July 16 . Arsenal in Baltimore, July 20. at Minnesota United. Man. City . July 20. Club America in Houston, July 23. Bayern Munich in Green Bay. *Barcelona is expected to add at least one more game.

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3 of Europe's biggest soccer clubs are returning to the US for the first time in 3 years for new Soccer Champions Tour

• Five top clubs from Europe and Mexico will participate in the inaugural Soccer Champions Tour this summer in the US.
• The tour will include the latest El Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid and will be held in Las Vegas.
• Italian side Juventus and Mexican clubs Chivas and Club America will also participate. 

AEG announced Friday that European soccer giants Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus are returning to the US this summer for the inaugural Soccer Champions Tour .

The three clubs will also be joined by Club America and Chivas, two of the top teams in Mexico.

The new tour will take place in late July and feature five matches over nine days in four US cities. The tour will also feature the latest incarnation of El Clásico, between Real Madrid, the reigning Champions League winners, and Barça in Las Vegas.

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Friday, July 22

• Juventus vs. Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas

Saturday, July 23

• Real Madrid CF vs. FC Barcelona at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas

Tuesday, July 26

• Real Madrid CF vs. Club América at Oracle Park, San Francisco
• FC Barcelona vs. Juventus at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas

Saturday, July 30

• Real Madrid CF vs. Juventus at Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles

The tour will be the first time Barcelona and Real Madrid have played in the US since 2019. Juventus is returning for the first time since 2018.

"AEG is excited to launch this unparalleled soccer tour as five of the most exceptional soccer clubs in the world return to the United States this summer," said Tom Braun, AEG Senior Vice President of Soccer & Business Operations and Business Development. "Following several years without seeing some of these teams in the United States, we are thrilled to provide the opportunity for soccer fans in the U.S. to once again watch their favorite European and Mexican clubs play in person."

Ticket information can be found at SoccerChampionsTour.com.

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Bayern Munich's 2022 USA tour review

Bayern Munich were back on their first proper tour since 2019 after touching down in the USA for their 2022 Audi Summer Tour, which included friendlies against DC United and Manchester City.

bundesliga.com has all you need to know about the German champions’ stay Stateside…

When was the tour?

Bayern began their fifth summer trip to the USA on Monday, 18 July and spent a week across the Atlantic before returning to Germany on Sunday, 24 July ahead of their first competitive fixture of the 2022/23 season when they take on RB Leipzig in the Supercup .

Where did Bayern visit?

The Munich club touched down in the capital, Washington DC, where they trained and took in the sights until Friday, 22 July. After that, they hopped over to Wisconsin for a two-day visit to Green Bay. It was fewer destinations than their 2019 tour when they took in Los Angeles, Houston and Kansas.

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What matches did they play?

The Bundesliga champions played two friendly fixtures whilst over in the States.

The first saw them them take on local Major League Soccer side DC United at the 20,000-capacity Audi Field in Washington on 20 July, running out 6-2 winners. Sadio Mane and Matthijs de Ligt both scored on their debuts for the club.

DC United 2-6 Bayern Munich Goals: 0-1   Mane  (pen. 5'),  0-2   Sabitzer  (assist:  Gnabry ) 12',  0-3  Gnabry (assist: Mane) 43',  0-4   de Ligt  (assist:  Müller ) 47',  0-5   Zirkzee  (assist:  Coman ) 50',  1-5  Simonsen 54',  2-5  Ku-Dipietro (83'),  2-6  Müller (assist:  Gravenberch ) 90'+1

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Mane was unavailable for a storm-interrupted second fixture as Bayern lost to an Erling Haaland goal in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Which players travelled?

All of Bayern’s senior squad have now returned to training at Säbener Straße , including new additions Sadio Mane , Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui . Leon Goretzka is the only first-team player who didn't travel after undergoing knee surgery. Otherwise, everyone else was on the plane to Washington, including USMNT international defender Chris Richards . A number of youth players were also on board, including forward Lucas Copado, full-back David Herold and goalkeeper Jakob Mayer, as coach Julian Nagelsmann makes final decisions on his squad going into the season. New recruit Matthijs de Ligt joined his new teammates Stateside just hours after signing, going on to feature and score in the first friendly.

What else happened?

As ever on these tours, there were training sessions and plenty of fan experiences arranged where supporters got to meet their favourite players up close after so many years of having to keep a distance. The Bayern players were also treated to a visit to the White House, home of the President of the United States of America, in Washington DC.

Find out more about Bayern and every other Bundesliga club’s summer schedule here

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Real Madrid’s US tour: the trailer

The european soccer teams are heading off for various tours, and the us will soon be able to see real madrid play in some of its cities..

Real Madrid is heading to North America. The team begins its US tour on Saturday, July 23 in Las Vegas, where fans will get to watch the famous El Clásico when they play against Barcelona at Allegiant Stadium. They then move on to San Francisco on Tuesday, July 26, when they’ll play Club America at Oracle Park. The tour ends on Saturday, July 30 in Los Angeles when Real Madrid takes on Juventus at Rose Bowl Stadium.

When the preseason concludes, the team will head to Finland to play Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Super Cup on August 10.

Official dates set for Juve’s US tour including meetings with Spanish giants

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, pre-season tours have been mostly halted. However, this summer promises a return to normality.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport , Juventus will take part in a summer tournament held in the United States between the 22nd and 30th of July.

The event organized by AEG will be named the Soccer Champions Tour, and fill feature some of the biggest clubs from Europe and the North America.

For their part, the Bianconeri will begin the tournament in an encounter against Club Deportivo Guadalajara at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on July 22.

Four days later, Max Allegri’s men will take on Xavi’s Barcelona at the Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, before ending their campaign against Real Madrid at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles, where they could reunite with legendary captain Giorgio Chiellini who’s expected to sign for LAFC.

Here is the full schedule of the upcoming summer tournament:

Friday, July 22 Juventus vs. Club Deportivo Guadalajara at Allegiant Stadium,  Las Vegas

Saturday, July 23 Real Madrid CF vs. FC Barcelona at Allegiant Stadium,  Las Vegas

Tuesday, July 26 Real Madrid CF vs. Club América at Oracle Park,  San Francisco FC Barcelona vs. Juventus at Cotton Bowl Stadium,  Dallas

Saturday, July 30 Real Madrid CF vs. Juventus at Rose Bowl Stadium,  Los Angeles

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FC Barcelona return to the United States for preseason tour

The FC Barcelona men’s first team will repeat the last season’s destination and travel once again to the United States for their preseason tour, BARÇA ON TOUR: US 2023, in which they will play a total of four matches, all against European opposition. The first two games will be played in California; 22 July against Juventus in Santa Clara, San Francisco Bay Area, and on 26 July against Arsenal FC. The last two games will take place in Dallas Texas, for the clash with Real Madrid on 29 July and in Las Vegas where the tour will conclude with a game against AC Milan.  

The US Summer Tour 2022 saw the Barça play on the East Coast with games in Miami and New York – as well as games in Las Vegas and Dallas – cities which hosted the majority of the Club’s institutional and social activities. This year the geographical emphasis has shifted to the West Coast where the majority of the Club’s activities will take place and where they will play three of their four scheduled games.  

The blaugranes’ debut on the tour will come on 22 July against Juventus in the Levis Stadium, Santa Clara in San Francisco, home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers. It will be the third time that Barça have played at the venue which has room for 68,000 fans following matches against Manchester United in 2015 and AC Milan in 2018. The most recent encounter between Barça and Juventus came in a friendly last season on tour, the game ended in a 2-2 draw.  

The other games in California will come against Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal side on 26 July in the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles, a venue opened in 2020 with a capacity of 70,000 and the ground where the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams of the NFL play their home matches. The fixture between the two sides will be their first in seven seasons, the last meeting having come in the last sixteen of the UEFA Champions League in 2016 in which Barça won 2-0 in London and 3-1 at Spotify Camp Nou. The game will also be the first on American soil between the two clubs.  

Another Clásico in Arlington, Texas  

The summer tour this year will also include one of the most awaited matches for the fans, the Clásico, the third meeting between Barça and Real Madrid in the USA. He game will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas which has a capacity of 80,000 and is home to the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. The venue is one that Barça have visited twice previously; in 2011 against Manchester United and in 2018 against AS Roma. In their two previous games against Real Madrid in the US, Barça have come out on top both times: winning 3-2 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in 2017 and 1-0 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in 2022.  

The Allegiant Stadium, which holds 65,000 fans, will be the venue for the final game of the tour for Xavi Hernández’s men against AC Milan, the third game on the west coast. The two teams have met on two previous occasions on US soil with a 2-0 win for Barça in 2003 in Washington and a 1-0 win for the Italians in 2018 in Santa Clara.

These four games during BARÇA ON TOUR: US 2023 are part of the Soccer Champions Tour, a tournament put together by Sixth Street in collaboration with Legends and AEG, and in which, aside from Barça and their four opponents on the tour, Manchester United will also be participating.  

The USA, a popular destination for blaugrana preseason  

This summer’s tour will be the 14 th in FC Barcelona history to the USA (the first in 1937 was key in the Club’s survival), a country that has become a popular destination in recent years with tours taking place in 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, the latter being a joint tour with the women’s team, as well as 2019 and 2022.  

In fact, the North American market in a key priority for the globalisation and expansion the Barça brand. Football is undergoing a great period of growth in the USA that trend will hopefully continue with the next World Cup in 2026 taking place on North American soil. Furthermore, FC Barcelona opened a US office in New York in 2016 and continues its efforts to build a greater connection with its existing fans and win more followers and reach agreements with local sponsors to help develop even further the country’s footballing ecosystem.  

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2022-23 preseason schedules: Europe's top clubs heading to U.S., Asia and Australia on summer tours

With the 2021-22 campaign already a fading memory, the thoughts of football clubs across Europe naturally turn not only to the summer transfer window but also to their preseason schedule. Teams in the Premier League , LaLiga , Bundesliga , Serie A and Ligue 1 will all have various world tours and far-flung exhibition matches in the offing.

Here we lay out the preseason fixtures confirmed by the biggest clubs both in Europe's five major leagues, most of whom are gearing up to spend the coming months touring the United States to take part in a series of friendlies and mini-tournaments for the entertainment of their fans Stateside.

We'll keep track of how many games each team will be playing over the summer as and when they are announced, as well as keeping a running total of the miles each squad will rack up while crossing the globe before the start of the 2022-23 season.

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The Premier League champions are one of many European clubs who will be heading across the Atlantic to the U.S. this summer, with two exhibition games confirmed so far. City are scheduled to kick off their tour with a friendly against Liga MX side Club America in Texas before traipsing across the entire country to play Bayern Munich in Wisconsin at the home of the Green Bay Packers .

July 20: Manchester City vs. Club America (NRG Stadium, Houston) July 23: Manchester City vs. Bayern Munich (Lambeau Field, Green Bay)

Etihad Stadium to NRG Stadium: 4,719 miles NRG Stadium to Lambeau Field: 1,099 miles Lambeau Field to Etihad Stadium: 3,698 miles Total: 9,516 miles

Having finished runners-up to Real Madrid in the Champions League final and to Manchester City in the Premier League, Liverpool intend to dust themselves off and go again next month. The FA Cup and Carabao Cup holders kick off their preseason schedule with a heavyweight bout against Manchester United for the Bangkok Century Cup in the Thai capital. The Reds then fly to Singapore where they will also come up against Premier League opposition in the shape of Crystal Palace .

The second phase of Liverpool's preseason itinerary sees them return to Europe where they will face RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg in quick succession before finishing their warm-up on home soil with a final friendly against French side Strasbourg .

July 12: Liverpool vs. Manchester United (Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok) July 15: Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace (National Stadium, Singapore) July 21: Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig (Red Bull Arena, Leipzig) July 27: Liverpool vs. Red Bull Salzburg (Red Bull Arena, Salzburg) July 31: Liverpool vs. RC Strasbourg (Anfield)

Anfield to Rajamangala Stadium: 5,997 miles Rajamangala Stadium to Singapore National Stadium: 890 miles Singapore National Stadium to Red Bull Arena: 6,203 miles Red Bull Arena Leipzig to Red Bull Arena Salzburg: 244 miles Red Bull Arena Salzburg to Anfield: 799 miles Total: 14,133 miles

Chelsea and Arsenal's respective preseason schedules are intertwined, as both Premier League sides intend to take part in the Florida Cup Series: Clash of Nations. The FC Series involves a clutch of games staged across the U.S. that will unfold over the course of a week before culminating in a "grand final" between the Blues and the Gunners in order to ascertain the champions of the 2022 Florida Cup. Thomas Tuchel's side then fly back to Europe to play Udinese in Italy before returning home in order to finish off their preparations.

July 16: Chelsea vs. Club America (Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas) July 20: Chelsea vs. Charlotte FC (Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte) July 23 : Arsenal vs. Chelsea (Camping World Stadium, Orlando) July 29: Chelsea vs. Udinese (Stadio Friuli, Italy)

Stamford Bridge to Allegiant Stadium: 5,222 miles Allegiant Stadium to Bank of America Stadium: 1,933 miles Bank of America Stadium to Camping World Stadium: 464 miles Camping World Stadium to Stadio Friuli: 5,029 miles Stadio Friuli to Stamford Bridge: 715 miles Total: 13,363 miles

Tottenham first announced their plans to tour South Korea in February which seemed a natural choice given that the captains of the Korean men's and women's national teams ( Heung-Min Son and Cho So-Hyun ) both play for Spurs. The north London side will take part in the Coupang Play Series, which consists of two games three days apart. The first game is against a K League All-Star XI in Seoul and the second is against Spanish side Sevilla in the city of Suwon, which lies roughly 20 miles outside the nation's capital. After that, they briefly return to the U.K for a visit to Scottish giants Rangers , before jetting off back to Asia for a reunion with former boss Jose Mourinho and his Europa Conference League champions, AS Roma .

July 13: Tottenham vs. Team K League (Seoul World Cup Stadium) July 16: Tottenham vs. Sevilla (Suwon World Cup Stadium) July 23: Tottenham vs. Rangers (Ibrox, Glasgow) July 30: Tottenham vs. Roma (Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa)

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to Seoul World Cup Stadium: 5,491 miles Seoul World Cup Stadium to Suwon World Cup Stadium: 21 miles Suwon World Cup Stadium to Ibrox: 5,392 miles Ibrox to Sammy Ofer Stadium: 2,456 miles Sammy Ofer Stadium to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: 2,172 miles Total: 15,532 miles

The Gunners will kick things off with a trainign camp in Germany that culminates in a game against 2.Bundesliga side Nurnberg . As a precursor to their Florida Cup matches, Arsenal will be facing Premier League rivals Everton , who they beat 5-1 on the final day of last season. After playing Chelsea in Orlando, the Gunners will return home to host Sevilla in the annual Emirates Cup.

July 8: Arsenal vs. Nurnberg (Max-Morlock-Stadion, Nuremberg) July 16: Arsenal vs. Everton (M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore) July 20: Arsenal vs. Orlando City (Exploria Stadium, Orlando) July 23: Arsenal vs. Chelsea (Camping World Stadium, Orlando) July 30: Arsenal vs. Sevilla (Emirates Stadium, London)

Emirates Stadium to Max-Morlock-Stadion: 632 miles Max-Morlock-Stadion to M&T Bank Stadium: 4,140 miles M&T Bank Stadium to Exploria Stadium: 884 miles Exploria Stadium to Camping World Stadium: 0.5 miles Camping World Stadium to Emirates Stadium: 4,337 miles Total: 9,993.5 miles

Manchester United are taking their show on the road across both Asia and Australia this summer with a blockbuster tie against Liverpool in Bangkok before a run of back-to-back games in Melbourne. The Red Devils will then fly back to Europe in order to square off against Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid on neutral ground in Norway before Erik ten Hag faces more Spanish opposition for his first match at Old Trafford, in the form of Rayo Vallecano.

July 12: Manchester United vs. Liverpool in Century Cup (Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok) July 15: Manchester United vs. Melbourne Victory (Melbourne Cricket Ground) July 19: Manchester United vs. Crystal Palace (Melbourne Cricket Ground) July 23: Manchester United vs. Aston Villa (Optus Stadium, Perth) July 30: Manchester United vs. Atletico Madrid, (Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo) July 31: Manchester United vs. Rayo Vallecano, (Old Trafford, Manchester)

Old Trafford to Rajamangala Stadium: 5,970 miles Rajamangala Stadium to Melbourne Cricket Ground: 4,574 miles Melbourne Cricket Ground to Optus Stadium: 1,691 miles) Optus Stadium to Ullevaal Stadium: 9,928 miles Ullevaal Stadium to Old Trafford: 665 miles Total: 22,828 miles

Real Madrid's U.S. tour begins with a showpiece Clasico duel against rivals Barcelona in Las Vegas, before the European champions move on to face Club America and Juventus . Once they return from their preseason tour, there is also the small matter of the UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt in Finland on Aug. 10, just two days before LaLiga begins its new season.

July 23: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona (Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas) July 26: Real Madrid vs. Club America (Oracle Park, San Francisco) July 30: Real Madrid vs. Juventus (Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles)

Bernabeu Stadium to Allegiant Stadium: 5,591 miles Allegiant Stadium to Oracle Park: 415 miles Oracle Park to Rose Bowl Stadium: 1,175 miles Rose Bowl Stadium to Bernabeu Stadium: 5,805 miles Total: 12,986 miles

Barcelona have already clocked up some miles this summer, having flown to Australia right after the 2021-22 campaign ended for a one-off match against the A-League Men All-Stars, which they won 3-2. They'll be starting their preseason tour closer to home with a short trip within Catalonia to play lower-league UE Olot. After that, they will be visiting the U.S. in late July with a preseason tour that so far encompasses two games against MLS sides and another two against European giants.

Barca will be facing Real Madrid in a Las Vegas Clasico before taking on Juventus as part of the Soccer Champions Tour. Xavi's side were then due to take on Jose Mourinho's Roma in their traditional curtain-raiser, the Joan Gamer Trophy match. However the supposed friendly against Jose Mourinho's team has become anything but after the Italian club withdrew from the fixture at short notice. With friction between the two parties mounting, Barca issued a strongly-worded statement that appeared to threaten their opponents with legal action over pulling out of the game "without reason." The have since drafted in Liga MX club Pumas to play the fixtures instead.

July 13: Barcelona vs. UE Olot (Estadi Municipal d'Olot) July 19: Barcelona vs. Inter Miami (DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale) July 23: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid (Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas) July 26: Barcelona vs. Juventus (Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas) July 30: Barcelona vs. New York Red Bulls (Red Bull Arena, New Jersey) Aug. 6: Barcelona vs. Pumas (Camp Nou, Barcelona)

Camp Nou to Estadi Municipal d'Olot: 71 miles Estadi Municipal d'Olot to DRV PNK Stadium: 4,685 miles DRV PNK Stadium to Allegiant Stadium: 2,176 miles Allegiant Stadium to Cotton Bowl Stadium: 1,224 miles Cotton Bowl Stadium to Red Bull Arena: 1,537 miles Red Bull Arena to Camp Nou: 3,835 miles Total: 13,528 miles

Atletico Madrid will start their preseason schedule by facing third-tier CD Numancia, in what has become an annual meeting between the two sides in memory of former Atleti president Jesus Gil y Gil. Diego Simeone's side then travel to Norway in order to face Manchester United three days later. The game is a repeat of last season's Champions League round-of-16 clash (which Atletico won 2-1 on aggregate), albeit with slightly lower stakes this time round.

Atleti will then fly back from Scandinavia to the south coast of Spain in order to take on fellow La Liga rivals Cadiz in the Ramon de Carranza Trophy.

July 27: Ateltico Madrid vs. Numancia (El Burgo de Osma) July 30: Atletico Madrid vs. Manchester United (Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo) Aug 4: Atletico Madrid vs. Cadiz (New Mirandilla, Cadiz)

Wanda Metropolitano to El Burgo de Osma: 85 miles El Burgo de Osma to Ullevaal Stadium: 1,399 miles Ullevaal Stadium to New Mirandilla: 1,796 miles New Mirandilla to Wanda Metropolitano: 308 miles Total: 3,588 miles

Bayern Munich are all set to take part in the Audi Summer Tour, which will take the Bavarian club across the U.S. for the fifth time since they first spent their preseason limbering up in the States in 2014. So far the tour consists of just two games taking place at enormous NFL stadiums but it's likely that more opponents and/or venues will be added in the weeks to come.

July 20: Bayern Munich vs. DC United (Audi Field, Washington D.C.) July 23: Bayern Munich vs. Manchester City (Lambeau Field, Green Bay)

Allianz Arena to Audi Field: 4,232 miles Audi Field to Lambeau Field: 692 miles Lambeau Field to Allianz Arena: 4,400 miles Total: 9,324 miles

Dortmund have added a plethora of pre-season dates to their schedule in recent weeks with new head coach Edin Terzic kicking off his tenure with a friendly against local side Luner SV who play in the Westfalenliga 1 (the sixth tier of German football).

The Bundesliga giants will then play Dynamo Dresden a few days later before taking on another third-tier outfit in SC Verl the following week. They then travel to Austria to undergo a rigoruous training camp that will also feature back to back exhibition games against Valencia and Villarreal .

July 5: Borussia Dortmund vs. Luner SV (Kampfbahn Schwansbell Stadion) July 9: Borussia Dortmund vs. Dynamo Dresden (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden) July 14: Borussia Dortmund vs. SC Verl (Sportclub-Arena, Verl) July 18: Borussia Dortmund vs. Valencia (Stadion Schnabelholz, Austria) July 22: Borussia Dortmund vs. Villarreal (Stadion Schnabelholz, Austria)

Signal Iduna Park to Schwansbell Stadion: 9 miles Schwansbell Stadion to Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion: 271 miles Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion to Sportclub-Arena: 233 miles Sportclub-Arena to Stadion Schnabelholz: 316 miles Stadion Schnabelholz to Signal Iduna Park: 302 miles Total: 1,131 miles

AC Milan's first match since ending their 11-year wait to become Serie A champions again will be against FC Koln in the Bundesliga club's 11th edition of the Telekom Cup.

The Rossoneri will then embark on a summer training camp in central Europe that will take in games against top-tier Hungarian and Austrian opposition in Zalaegerszegi TE and Wolfsberger AC, before departing for the south of France in order to finish off their preseason with a friendly against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.

July 16: AC Milan vs. FC Koln (RheinEnergieSTADION, Cologne) July 23: AC Milan vs. Zalaegerszegi TE (ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg) July 27: AC Milan vs. Wolfsberger AC (Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt) July 31: AC Milan vs. Marseille (Stade Velodrome, Marseille)

San Siro to RheinEnergieSTADION: 514 miles RheinEnergieSTADION to ZTE Arena: 533 miles ZTE Arena to Worthersee Stadion: 123 miles Worthersee Stadion to Stade Velodrome: 491 miles Stade Velodrome to San Siro: 239 miles Total: 1,900 miles

Last season's runners-up have announced a busy summer schedule that includes exhibitions against a variety of teams from around Europe.

The first fixture on Inter's tour is their traditional annual friendly against Swiss side Lugano followed by successive games against French opposition in AS Monaco , Lens and Lyon . The Nerazzurri will then square off against Spanish side Villarreal in their final preseason game on the weekend before the new Serie A season kicks off on Aug. 13.

July 12: Inter vs. Lugano (Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano) July 16: Inter vs. Monaco (Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara) July 23: Inter vs Lens (Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens) July 30: Inter vs. Lyon (Orogel Stadium, Cesena) Aug 6: Inter vs Villarreal (Stadio Adriatico, Pescara)

San Siro to Cornaredo Stadium: 39 miles Cornaredo Stadium to Stadio Paolo Mazza: 152 miles Stadio Paolo Mazza to Stade Bollaert-Delelis: 561 miles Stade Bollaert-Delelis to Orogel Stadium: 620 miles Orogel Stadium to Stadio Adriatico: 154 miles Stadio Adriatico to San Siro: 328 miles Total: 1,854 miles

Juve have a trio of U.S.-based exhibition games in the books as part of the Soccer Champions Tour. They kick off against Chivas in Las Vegas before heading off to Dallas to face Barcelona and then back out west to Pasadena for a meeting with Real Madrid

July 22: Juventus vs. Chivas, Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas) July 26: Juventus vs. Barcelona, Cotton Bowl Stadium (Dallas) July 30: Juventus vs. Real Madrid, Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena)

Allianz Stadium to Allegiant Stadium: 5,783 miles Allegiant Stadium to Cotton Bowl Stadium: 1,224 miles Cotton Bowl Stadium to Rose Bowl Stadium: 1,439 miles Rose Bowl Stadium to Allianz Stadium: 5,997 miles Total: 14,443 miles

PSG have booked in a preseason tour of Japan with a tripleheader of matches against J1 League sides Kawasaki Frontale , Urawa Red Diamonds , and Gamba Osaka taking place in late July.

July 20: PSG vs. Kawasaki Frontale (Japan National Stadium, Tokyo) July 23: PSG vs. Urawa Red Diamonds (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama) July 25: PSG vs. Gamba Osaka (Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka)

Parc des Princes to Japan National Stadium: 6,036 miles Japan National Stadium to Saitama Stadium: 16 miles Saitama Stadium to Panasonic Stadium: 247 miles Panasonic Stadium to Parc des Princes: 5,980 miles Total: 12,279 miles

U.S. Women’s National Team Will Face Spain On Oct. 11 In Pamplona To Complete Enticing Two-Game European Tour

CHICAGO (September 12, 2022) – The U.S. Women’s National Team will face Spain on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at El Sadar Stadium in Pamplona (2:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p.m. local on ESPN2) to finish a two-game European tour that starts against 2022 European champions England on Friday, Oct. 7 at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London (3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. local on FOX).

In the quarterfinals of the 2022 UEFA Women’s EURO, Spain was just minutes away from knocking out host England before an 86th-minute equalizer from Ella Toone sent the match to overtime where England would win 2-1. The Lionesses then went on win the tournament in historic fashion at Wembley on July 31, defeating Germany 2-1 in overtime.

Spain was a pre-tournament favorite at the Euros but lost two of its top attacking players to injury prior to the start of the competition. Spain is ranked eighth in the world and England is currently fourth.

The match with Spain will be just the fourth-ever meeting between the teams and the second in Spain. The teams met for the first time ever in January of 2019, a 1-0 victory for the USA in Alicante, Spain, which was followed later in the year by a 2-1 U.S. victory in the Round of 16 at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. The teams most recently met at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup, a 1-0 U.S. victory which featured a dramatic 87 th minute game-winning header from Julie Ertz.

“I know Spain fell short of their goals at the Euros, but they are a fantastic team, one of the best in the world, with world class players all over the field and as a coaching staff, we are really looking forward to the challenges these two games will present for our team,” said U.S. head coach Vlatko Andonovski. “Away matches against England and Spain are among the most difficult and high-profile friendlies a team can play and having those experiences will be valuable in many different ways for our continuing preparations for the World Cup.”

Spain is one of nine European teams that has qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand as it won Group B over second-place Scotland with a record of 8-0-0 and 53 goals scored with zero against.

The USA qualified for both the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics via its five-game run of wins at the Concacaf W Championship in Mexico that concluded with a 1-0 victory over Canada in the championship game on July 18.

Additional Notes:

• El Sadar Stadium, named after a river near the stadium, is home to La Liga club Club Atlético Osasuna, which currently sits fourth in the standings. The stadium seats just under 24,000 fans.
• Pamplona is in northern Spain, about 500 miles from the French border, about 270 miles northwest of Barcelona and 250 miles north of Madrid.
• This will be the first-ever match for the USWNT in Pamplona, which is famous for the annual “Running of the Bulls” and is the hometown of U.S. Under-17 WYNT head coach Natalia Astrain.
• Only four players who faced Spain at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup started for the USA in the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Championship title game in Mexico – goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, defender Becky Sauerbrunn, midfielder Rose Lavelle and forward Alex Morgan.
• The two-game trip to Europe marks the sixth consecutive year in which the USA will travel to Europe for friendly matches and the most recent trip since April of 2021 when the U.S. faced Sweden and France.
• Spain will be the third Top-10 opponent the USA is so far scheduled to face in 2022, having defeated then-sixth-ranked Canada in the Concacaf W Championship final with the October 7 match against No. 4 England upcoming.
• The USA-England game at Wembley Stadium sold out of all general admission tickets in 24 hours and a crowd over 80,000+ is expected for the match.

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Schedule of soccer friendlies in US this summer

One of the highlights of the annual soccer calendar is looking to see which international and club soccer teams are heading to the United States to play exhibition matches on US soil every summer. If you’re looking for the schedule of soccer friendlies in the US, you’ve come to the right place.

We’ll be updating the following soccer friendlies schedule as soon as the details break, so go ahead and bookmark the page and keep on returning to find out all of the details you need.

Upcoming friendly matches

Which teams are coming to your state? Browse the schedule of upcoming preseason soccer games in the USA below. Plus, we’ve included links so you can find tickets. There is nothing like seeing your favorite stars up close and in person.

All times Eastern United States

Mexico vs Bolivia – May 31, 8 PM – Chicago, IL: Tickets

USWNT vs South Korea – June 1, 3 PM – Commerce City, CO: Tickets

USWNT vs South Korea – June 4, 6 PM – St Paul, MN: Tickets

Mexico vs Uruguay – June 5, 7 PM – Denver, CO: Tickets

USA vs Colombia – June 8, 5:30 PM – Landover, MD: Tickets

Mexico vs Brazil – June 8, time TBD – College Station, TX: Tickets

Argentina vs Ecuador – June 9, 6 PM – Chicago, IL: Tickets

USA vs Brazil – June 12, 7 PM – Orlando, FL: Tickets

Argentina vs Guatemala – June 14, 8 PM – Landover, MD: Tickets

Detroit City vs Pumas – June 22, 7 PM – Detroit, MI: Tickets

USWNT vs Mexico WNT – July 13, 3:30 PM – Harrison, NJ: Tickets

DC United vs Celtic – July 20, 7:30 PM – Washington DC: Tickets

Bournemouth vs Wrexham – July 20, 7 PM – Santa Barbara, CA: Tickets

Manchester City vs Celtic – July 23, time TBD – Chapel Hill; Tickets

Chelsea vs Wrexham – July 24, time TBD – Santa Clara, CA: Tickets

MLS All-Stars vs Liga MX All Stars – July 24, 8 PM – Columbus, OH: Tickets

Liverpool vs Real Betis – July 26, 7:30 PM – Pittsburgh, PA: Tickets

Chelsea vs Celtic – July 27, 10 AM – South Bend, IN: Tickets

Manchester City vs Milan – July 27, time TBD – New York, NY: Tickets

Vancouver vs Wrexham – July 27, 7:30 PM – Vancouver: Tickets

Columbus vs Aston Villa – July 27, 8 PM – Columbus, OH: Tickets

Arsenal vs Manchester United – July 27, 5 PM – Inglewood, CA: Tickets

Manchester City vs Barcelona – July 30, time TBD – Orlando, CA: Tickets

Manchester United vs Real Betis – July 31, time TBD – San Diego, CA: Tickets

Arsenal vs Liverpool – July 31, 7 PM – Philadelphia, PA: Tickets

Chelsea vs Club America – July 31, 7 PM – Atlanta, GA: Tickets

Real Madrid vs AC Milan – July 31, time TBD – Chicago, IL: Tickets

Aston Villa vs RB Leipzig – July 31, time TBD – Harrison, NJ: Tickets TBD

August 2024

Man United vs Liverpool – August 3, 7:30 PM – Columbia, SC: Tickets

Real Madrid vs Barcelona – August 3, time TBD – East Rutherford, NJ: Tickets

Manchester City vs Chelsea – August 3, time TBD – Columbus, OH: Tickets

Club America vs Aston Villa – August 3, 6:30 PM – Chicago, IL: Tickets

Barcelona vs AC Milan – August 6, time TBD – Baltimore, MD – Tickets

Real Madrid vs Chelsea – August 6, time TBD – Charlotte, NC – Tickets

September 2024

Mexico vs New Zealand – Sept. 7, time TBD – Pasadena, CA: Tickets

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How can I watch these soccer friendlies if I can’t attend in person?

If tickets are not your aim, many of these friendlies are still available via streaming or even on TV. For example, in the past, MLS All-Star Games aired on ESPN or FOX. Now that Apple has the MLS streaming rights, the MLS All-Star Game is available via MLS Season Pass. Other games are available via TV.

The full streaming schedule for the list of summer friendlies will be available on the full schedule of soccer games as those dates near.

How do these friendlies differ from other soccer matches in terms of rules and gameplay?

The main thing is that there is nothing of note on the line. For some, there are bragging rights. American-centric soccer fans would like to see the best of MLS compete against one of England’s top sides. Likewise, if there is ever a derby, there can be some international bragging rights, like Barcelona over Real Madrid based on USA friendlies.

Therefore, the gameplay is tamer than what some fans may be used to. Players are not diving into challenges or putting their bodies on the line as much as they would in a league or cup game during the proper season.

In terms of rules, there are some changes as well. One of the main ones is the lack of a limit on substitutions. Teams, particularly those out of Europe, want to interchange players to allow everyone to get some preseason action in. Also, games may not always end in draws. The MLS All-Star Game, for instance, will go to penalties if the game is tied. Other friendlies would settle with a draw, it truly depends on the competition.

2024 Summer Friendly Results

Thursday, March 21

Italy 2-1 Venezuela, in Ft Lauderdale, FL Ecuador 2-0 Guatemala, in Harrison, NJ

Friday, March 22

Argentina 3-0 El Salvador, in Philadelphia, PA

Saturday, March 23

Club America 2-3 Cruz Azul, in Carson, CA

Sunday, March 24

Ecuador 0-2 Italy, in Harrison, NJ Chivas 0-0 Atlas, in Los Angeles, CA

Tuesday, March 26

Argentina 3-1 Costa Rica, in Los Angeles, CA

Other ways to watch

Can’t make it to live preseason games in the USA this year, or out of your budget? You can still watch many of the soccer friendlies on TV or online. For instance, the schedule of upcoming games are always updated on our website. Many of the games may be available across streaming, too, including Fubo .

Why do teams play friendlies?

Friendlies serve two purposes for teams. First, they’re an ideal way to gain match fitness before a new season begins. For instance, European soccer seasons usually begin in August. Therefore, the games give coaches and managers an opportunity to play new star signings, as well as trying different formations. Second, the games generate more revenue for the teams and increase the size of the teams’ fan bases.

Historically, major soccer teams have been visiting the United States to play games for decades. For instance, Everton first played friendlies in the United States in 1956. Similarly, the first record of English teams playing in the United States was from 1905.

Nowadays, the summer soccer friendlies are an annual tradition in the United States.

Who plays in soccer friendlies?

Soccer friendlies provide a great opportunity for US fans to see their favorite international stars, sometimes in their own cities. Soccer friendlies also provide the chance for newer players to gain more experience.

For this reason, it’s up to each team’s manager (or coach) to decide who plays in the games. Some coaches prefer to give their youth stars an opportunity to get valuable playing time. Other managers like to build the team’s chemistry by playing the stars who will start the upcoming European season.

Do friendlies count?

Friendlies, also known as exhibition games, do not count for points. In spite of this, promoters sometimes entice clubs with a cup if they win their series of friendlies. For example, Relevent Sports launched the International Champions Cup as a way to make the friendlies more meaningful. Having said that, clubs rarely put much emphasis on winning these friendly competitions. At the end of the day, football teams play friendlies because the games grow fanbases and get teams ready for the new season. Preseason ranked games do not count for points.

You may wonder, what is a friendly in soccer? When soccer clubs first originated in the 1800s, there were no leagues or competitions. So, teams would play against each other in a friendly game. It wasn’t until 1888 when the Football League was created that teams faced each other in competitive games.

If you have questions about the schedule of soccer friendlies in the United States, let us know in the comments section below.

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Copa America + Summer Champions Tour This Summer

Get ready, US soccer fans! It will be an amazing summer with Copa America 2004, the Summer Champions Tour and some high-profile tours by Arsenal , Liverpool , Real Madrid , Barcelona and Manchester United .

The headline has to be Copa America. And ahead of this summer’s Copa America tournament, a series of international friendlies will be held in the US as warm-up games before the competition kicks off on June 20. There is a FIFA international window between June 3-11 and I expect most of the games to take place then.

Argentina and captain Lionel Messi are expected to play two matches in the U.S. in June. The defending Copa América and World Cup champions will visit Chicago’s Soldier Field and FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland before their tournament opener on June 20 in Atlanta.

Reports out of Argentina suggest that Argentina will meet Ecuador in Chicago, with either Guatemala or Honduras facing the world champions at FedEx Field.

The United States men’s national team ( USMNT ) is expected to play a high-profile friendly against Brazil in Orlando on June 5th. This would be the first meeting between the two countries since 2018, when goals by Roberto Firmino and Neymar gave the five-time world champions a 2-0 friendly win in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

After the Brazil match, the USMNT is set to play Colombia in a friendly match ahead on June 8 at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.

Brazil has also scheduled a friendly against Mexico on June 8 at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field in College Station, TX. Mexico is also expected to play Uruguay on June 5 with venue TBD.

For tour games we have Arsenal and Manchester United returning to the U.S. while Liverpool is hitting US shores for the first time since 2019.

The Champions Tour will see five of the world’s most iconic clubs: AC Milan , FC Barcelona, Chelsea , Manchester City , and Real Madrid CF, play friendly games in host stadiums across New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Orlando, Baltimore, and Charlotte.

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Thursday, June 27 Uruguay vs. Bolivia (East Rutherford, New Jersey) – Buy Copa America Tickets Panama vs. United States (Atlanta, Georgia) – Buy Copa America Tickets

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European Soccer Leagues Insist They Have No Plans for Games in the US. A Lawsuit Could Change That

Leaders of top European soccer leagues say have no plans to take games to the United States

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Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, right, fights for the ball with Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger during the Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)

GENEVA (AP) — Leaders of top European soccer leagues say they have no plans to take games to the United States, though acknowledged that could change pending a lawsuit in Manhattan .

FIFA has shifted its long-time policy of blocking domestic league games being played on the territory of another member federation by withdrawing this month from an antitrust suit filed by U.S. promoter Relevent Sports. The suit is also against the U.S. Soccer Federation.

If league games could be organized abroad, European leagues and clubs — especially in England and Spain — could expect offers from the United States, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.

“It’s not part of our current plans, it really isn’t,” English Premier League CEO Richard Masters said on Friday at a news conference after the 34-nation European Leagues group met in London.

Still, Masters said uncertainty over the court case meant “no one quite knows exactly what is happening but the door looks ajar potentially in America, at any rate, for matches abroad.”

European Leagues managing director Jacco Swart said taking games abroad was “definitely not on the agenda” of the group yet.

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“I’m not saying never but currently it’s not a point on our agenda,” said Swart, a former executive at the Netherlands league, who noted U.S. sports leagues routinely schedule games in London and other European cities.

FIFA forcefully blocked a 2018 plan by Spain’s La Liga to take a game involving Barcelona, then still with Lionel Messi in the team, and Girona to Miami where Messi now plays.

The FIFA policy is less clear now, and Masters lamented how Europe’s leagues had poor relations with the Zurich-based organization.

There was no “meaningful dialogue” with FIFA, Masters said, while UEFA gave a seat on its decision-making executive committee to the leagues group.

“There is a chasm really between the style of consultation with leagues between UEFA and FIFA, where there is none,” the Premier League official said.

FIFA’s first monthlong Club World Cup will kick off in June next year, with 12 European clubs among the 32 teams playing in the United States. Real Madrid and Manchester City qualified to be in it, but American-owned Manchester United and Barcelona did not .

Tens of millions of dollars in prize money paid by FIFA risks further widening wealth gaps among European clubs, and adds up to seven more games on player workload for teams that reach the final.

The 2024-25 season will add more congestion to the calendar. The Champions League and second-tier Europa League expand with four extra teams , for a total of 36, playing eight games instead of six before the knockout rounds. Those games block two new midweek slots in January.

Swart said pressure on players and the soccer calendar was coming from international games, not domestic ones.

“It’s getting to a tipping point,” Masters said, warning about “players’ ability to perform at their best in competitions they want to play in.”

The 20-team, August-to-May format of the Premier League has stayed the same since 1995. Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A also have 20 teams each playing 38 games. Germany's Bundesliga has 18 teams.

“What has changed over the last few decades,” Masters said, “is the march, really, of international and regional football competitions.”

The European Leagues groups wants a formal working agreement with FIFA, and on Friday called for a “more transparent, objective and non-discriminatory set of regulations to govern professional football.”

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‘Maybe I’m not ready to be a mum yet’: Ons Jabeur on her grand slam dream

The Wimbledon defeat and her anguish underlines the difficult choices athletes must make between work and family

A s the best tennis players in the world converged on the lawns of Wimbledon last summer, it soon became clear that Ons Jabeur was soaring. She produced the best tennis of her life as she tore through a brutal run of grand slam champions – Petra Kvitova, Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka – to reach her second final in a row. She then entered the final heavily favoured to become the first African and Arab tennis player to win a single grand slam title.

Instead, she froze .

Suddenly, with a title on the line, Jabeur could barely play at all. Her feet were rooted to the turf and she struggled to clear the net with basic rally forehands. It was excruciating. The Tunisian crumbled in straight sets to the unseeded Marketa Vondrousova, her record in grand slam finals falling to 0-3. It was easy to attribute Jabeur’s nerve-stricken display to the extra weight she carries on her shoulders as a reference for hundreds of millions of people from her continent and region, but the reality was much more personal.

“That loss was very difficult because it was connected to me being a mother and having a family. So that was an extra sadness for me,” says Jabeur as we speak in a small room tucked inside the Caja Mágica on the eve of the Madrid Open.

Jabeur, whose career-high ranking of No 2 is the highest an Arab or African tennis player has reached, has always been a proponent of loudly vocalising her goals, and at Wimbledon last year they were particularly significant: she had envisioned herself winning the title and then taking time away from the sport soon afterwards to have her first child with her husband, Karim Kamoun, who is also her physio.

That scenario vanished with her defeat. In her recent documentary, This is Me, Jabeur explained that she and Kamoun cried “like babies” after the match, their anguish underlining the difficult choices female athletes must make between work and family. For now, the 29-year-old remains determined to continue chasing the dream of finally lifting a grand slam title.

“It is what it is,” says Jabeur. “I think it was meant to be. Maybe I’m not ready to be a mum yet. Hopefully I can get that title because I really, really want it. Obviously now coming from a couple of very difficult months, I will try to get there and hopefully one day I can be a mum and bring my kid to the tour. I’m not getting any younger and I feel like it’s important that I want to come back and have my kid with me on tour.”

It took many months for Jabeur to even begin to digest the Wimbledon defeat, the most painful loss of her career, and the resurfacing of a chronic knee injury this year has further torpedoed her form. Jabeur began in Madrid with a dire 3-7 record this year and she had considered taking a break for the first weeks of the clay season.

“I was in a super-bad zone and I think I couldn’t handle another loss,” Jabeur says. “But I was challenging myself, I was like: ‘OK, I’ve never been in this situation before,’ in being a top player and losing a lot of matches. But I said, also looking at some quotes and everything, for me it’s good to dare to fail.

“I think if you’re a coward, you will not go and try. I didn’t want to be a coward and I wanted to try, even losing but taking the loss with pride. That was one thing that I was proud of myself for doing, even though I had a lot of negative thoughts. But it happens, I do accept these negative thoughts and turn them into positive ones.”

Beyond her varied, wildly entertaining playing style and the trailblazing that has defined her career, Jabeur has made some notable moves off-court. She is an executive committee member of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), the contentious player association co-founded by Novak Djokovic, and this year, Jabeur became a global ambassador of the World Food Programme (WFP). One of her first campaigns was to address hunger and famine in Gaza.

“I’ve lived with the war for 75 years,” says Jabeur. “Maybe some people don’t know that this war going on for a lot of time. I really feel bad about what’s happening in Gaza for the Palestinian people not even having food and definitely the hospitals as well are not well equipped for injuries. I deleted social media at some time because I couldn’t look at the videos any more. It was too much and it was affecting me.

“I think in that video in Cancun , it really got the best of me. It’s frustrating to see what’s happening but I try to help as much as I can with my platform and with being the World Food Ambassador as well. I wish the world could see what’s really happening because it is terrible. I don’t know how many people are not speaking about it.”

The global nature of tennis means that it is often intertwined with geopolitics, as illustrated by how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has affected events on the tennis court . The WTA released a public statement following Hamas’ attacks in Israel on October 7 but said nothing further as the Israeli air attacks and ground incursion into the territory has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians. Jabeur says that it has not been a common talking point on tour.

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“No, Palestine, it wasn’t discussed a lot, obviously,” she says. “But I’ve seen some players coming up to me, giving me their support and wanted to know what’s really happening in the world. Everybody knows and, again, everybody is wishing [for] peace. I wish they can speak about it more, but, you know, politics is politics and obviously so many people are scared to get involved.”

Earlier this month the WTA announced that its flagship year-end event, the WTA Finals, would be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The decision has received significant criticism due to the Kingdom’s laws against LGBTQ+ people, its repression of dissenting opinions and the billions of dollars spent on sport and entertainment to sanitise its image. Just weeks after the ATP announced a deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, PIF’s branding is already ubiquitous across the tournament grounds and courts.

Jabeur has consistently been effusive about the prospect. She first travelled to Saudi Arabia for Misk Global Forum , an annual youth forum, and last year she played the first women’s tennis match there with Aryna Sabalenka, the world No 2. Jabeur also now has a clothing contract with Kayanee, a Saudi women’s brand. She sees the prospect of competing in Saudi Arabia as important to her goal of using her success to inspire other Arab players, especially women.

“I am always honestly biased in this position here and the decision they took,” Jabeur told me during a press conference on Saturday. “I’m very happy to be there. As an Arab woman, I’m very proud some things are moving there in Saudi. Obviously people could have different opinions. Where it bothers me is that when some people, they don’t know what’s really happening there, and are super ignorant about what’s really happening in Saudi. So like Princess Reema said, you should come to Saudi, be there, and judge yourself.

She continues: “If they really don’t like it, they would share their honest opinion. We are not telling them to say you really like it or anything. Obviously I wish to see better comments. For me, it always has been about chances, and going there not just to play tennis matches but to give the opportunity especially for younger women to see their role models from before and to believe that they can achieve anything.”

As quickly as form can deteriorate in tennis, players can also swiftly find their way again. In her first appearance at the Madrid Open since she won her biggest title here in 2022, Jabeur is into the quarter-finals after she dismantled Jelena Ostapenko, the ninth seed, 6-0, 6-4 on Monday in her third win of the tournament. She had not won consecutive matches all year.

In order to be successful and an authentic example for aspiring younger players, Jabeur believes it is important to be as open and honest in these difficult moments as she is when the winds are calm.

“It is a great life, but sometimes it’s travelling all the time, missing your family, getting sick in Madrid, getting a knee injury. There is a lot of struggle but how do you get through these struggles? How do you get through these difficult times? Because these difficult times do exist,” she says. “I’m not saying it’s impossible to succeed, but if you go through this you become stronger, you become more patient.”

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Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton eligible for 2025 Ryder Cup despite joining LIV Golf

Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, both members of the victorious European Ryder Cup team at Marco Simone last fall, are still eligible for the 2025 team at Bethpage Black under the DP World Tour’s current guidelines. The pair left for LIV Golf earlier this year but have a pathway to be on the team, DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings told reporters .

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The newly appointed Kinnings dispelled previous concerns — which were even voiced by Rory McIlroy — that Rahm and Hatton’s defections to LIV Golf might prevent them from representing Europe in Long Island, N.Y., next year.

Rahm and Hatton must simply remain DP World Tour members to be eligible for the Ryder Cup, Kinnings said. That means the pair will incur fines every time they tee it up in a LIV Golf event, but if they pay those penalties and play in the minimum number of DP World Tour events each calendar year to retain membership (four), they can still be on the team.

“I think there’s been a slight misconception because the reality is, under the current rules, if a player is European, and is a member of the DP World Tour, and abides by the rules as they currently are — so if you don’t get a release and you accept the sanctions — there is no reason why players who’ve taken LIV membership and maintained DP World Tour membership, could not a) qualify and or b) be available to for selection,” the CEO said.

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Rahm and Hatton’s eligibility situation is in direct contrast with that of several other LIV players who chose to withdraw their DP World Tour membership last year. Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia resigned from the tour last year, effectively ending their Ryder Cup careers to avoid paying large fines. Meanwhile, Rahm and Hatton (and other European LIV members such as Adrian Meronk and Thomas Pieters) have kept their memberships.

According to The Telegraph’s James Corrigan , Kinnings consulted the DP World Tour rules department to ensure that Rahm and Hatton could play in the four required events while also serving their LIV-related penalties. Since LIV Golf plays 14 events each year, Rahm and Hatton need to serve a 14-week ban to carry out their suspensions. But instead of serving those suspensions at the end of the LIV season, Rahm and Hatton can serve them whenever LIV has an off-week but the DP World Tour does not, as revealed by Kinnings. As long as both players pay the appropriate fines — which will likely total more than $1 million each — they will be eligible to either qualify for or be selected for the European Ryder Cup team.

“It’s not a loophole,” Kinnings said. “Rules are for all of the membership and it’s important for people to know how those apply and they apply to every member.”

What are the future implications?

Not every player will want to battle constant fines and suspensions to maintain their Ryder Cup eligibility, but the news reveals that joining LIV Golf doesn’t necessarily prevent pros from teeing it up in the biennial match-play event on either side — LIV’s Brooks Koepka made the United States team last year.

Although the Ryder Cup requirements were not changed, Kinnings was willing to read between the lines of the DP World Tour rules to ensure Rahm and Hatton have a pathway to Luke Donald’s 2025 team. That effort is noteworthy as the professional game continues to operate in a fractured system, and the road to unification remains murky.

Rahm and Hatton were critical parts of Donald’s plan at Marco Simone — Hatton was 3-0-1 and Rahm 2-0-2. The duo played together in foursomes twice, winning the first match of the Ryder Cup and halving their Saturday game.

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Tour of Romandie win is career-best title for Carlos Rodriguez through rain-slicked final stage

The winner of the Tour de Romandie, Carlos Rodriguez, right, from Spain of team Ineos Grenadier, celebrates on the podium after the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

The winner of the Tour de Romandie, Carlos Rodriguez, right, from Spain of team Ineos Grenadier, crosses the finish line of the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

The winner of the stage, Dorian Godon from France of team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, crosses the finish line to win the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

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VERNIER, Switzerland (AP) — Carlos Rodriguez protected his yellow jersey through a rain-soaked final stage Sunday to win the six-day Tour of Romandie for the biggest race victory of his career.

Four previous winners in the French-speaking region of Switzerland went on to win that season’s Tour de France, including Chris Froome in 2013. Rodriguez placed fifth in cycling’s marquee event last year and won a stage.

Rodriguez started Sunday’s flat stage that looped round the suburbs of Geneva — won in a sprint finish by Dorian Godon — with a seven-second lead he took by placing third in a mountain stage Saturday.

The 23-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider kept that winning margin over runner-up Aleksandr Vlasov, the 2022 Romandie winner. Third-placed Florian Lipowitz was third, trailing Rodriquez by nine seconds.

Godon sealed his second stage win this week, edging Simone Consonni with Dion Smith third.

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