Coming to America
Austria and Switzerland might have the Euros, but you will not hear soccer fans in the U.S. complain about this summer’s offerings.
We have had the two best teams in the world (Brazil and Argentina) play in the U.S. this summer to sell out crowds. We have not one, but two, World Cup qualifying games in the U.S. next week with the U.S. vs Barbados in LA and Belize vs Mexico in Houston.
As June turns into July, teams around the world will report back for pre-season training and it appears that several teams will be conducting parts of their training camps here in the U.S.
The summer club tour is headlined by Spanish giants Barcelona who will play two U.S. games during their summer tour. The first game is Sunday, Aug. 3 versus legendary CD Guadalajara of Mexico at Chicago’s Soldier Field (7:00 p.m. ET).
The second game is Wednesday, Aug. 6 versus New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer at Giants Stadium (7:00 p.m. ET).
Two English teams will be playing MLS competition also. West Ham United will warm up for this seasons MLS All Star game in Toronto on July 24th with a friendly against Columbus Crew on Sunday 20 July.
Everton FC and Tim Howard will be in Chicago on July 30th to play the Chicago Fire. Everton will follow that up with a game in Colorado against the Rapids on August 3rd. Kickoff for this game is scheduled for 6 p.m. MT.
It is not just English teams that are coming to America. German club Borussia Moenchengladbach has announced that they will tour the U.S. this summer and that they will play exhibition games at FC Dallas and the Colorado Rapids in July.
Moenchengladbach will begin a 10-day preseason training camp in the United States on July 13 at Commerce, Colo. Dates for the matches have not been set.
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