Pre Season Tour 2014

[bosnian_red]

Exclusive: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Liverpool And 5 Other Top Teams Heading to United States In July
Posted on January 31, 2014 by Christopher Harris

EXCLUSIVE: Real Madrid, Manchester United and Liverpool will be among 8 top European teams playing in 12 cities in the 2014 International Champions Cup.

The participating teams that will be officially announced on Tuesday are Real Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City, AC Milan, AS Roma, Liverpool, Inter Milan and Olympiacos.

The games will be played in 12 cities across the United States — Dallas, Washington DC, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Denver, Miami, Phoenix, Charlotte, Ann Arbor, Hartford, New York and Philadelphia.

The matches scheduled for July 26 through August 4 are as follows:

July 26, 2014

Inter Milan vs Real Madrid — 4pm ET — Phoenix, AZ
AS Roma vs Manchester United — 6pm ET — Denver, CO
Olympiacos vs Liverpool — 6pm ET — Chicago, IL

July 27, 2014

Manchester City vs AC Milan — 4pm ET — Pittsburg, PA

July 29, 2014

Inter Milan vs Manchester United — 7:30pm ET — Washington DC
AS Roma vs Real Madrid — 9:30pm ET — Dallas, TX

July 30, 2014

AC Milan vs Liverpool — 7pm ET — Philadelphia, PA
Manchester City vs Olympiacos — 9pm ET — New York, NY

August 1, 2014

AS Roma vs Inter Milan — 8pm ET — New York, NY

August 2, 2014

AC Milan vs Olympiacos — 2pm ET — Hartford, CT
Real Madrid vs Manchester United — 4pm — Ann Arbor, MI
Liverpool vs Manchester City — 6pm ET — Charlotte, NC

August 3, 2014

Semi-finals to be played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, FL

August 4, 2014

Final game and third place match to be played at Sun Life Stadium, Miami

This will be the second annual International Champions Cup. The 2013 tournament was a huge success with Real Madrid, Chelsea, Everton, Valencia, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and LA Galaxy participating.

Which matches are you planning on going to see in person? Let us know in the comments section below.

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/01/...to-united-states-in-july/#95zCy3YMcOvjWv37.99

Brilliant news, I live just a short drive away from Ann Arbor so I'll definitely be going to see Madrid vs United!

 

[Barney]

Sounds excellent for our support in the US and should make preseason more interesting for once.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

YESSSS United at the Big House!!

 

[bosnian_red]

Sounds excellent for our support in the US and should make preseason more interesting for once.

Yup, some cracking games there. Inter v Madrid, Roma v United, City v Milan, Inter v United, Roma v Madrid, Milan v Liverpool, Madrid v United and then Liverpool v City. I'd always rather United goes on tour to the States rather then Asia or Africa like last season. Not only because I get to watch them, but the facilities and everything helps the team more I think then when they go to the poorer countries.

 

[bosnian_red]

YESSSS United at the Big House!!

Brilliant isn't it? Went to United v Barca at Fedex field a few years ago, but this should be even better at the Big House. It'll be packed, I just have to make sure I buy the tickets right when they go on sale in case they get sold out!

 

[surf]

Yup, some cracking games there. Inter v Madrid, Roma v United, City v Milan, Inter v United, Roma v Madrid, Milan v Liverpool, Madrid v United and then Liverpool v City. I'd always rather United goes on tour to the States rather then Asia or Africa like last season. Not only because I get to watch them, but the facilities and everything helps the team more I think then when they go to the poorer countries.

Better TV coverage too. Japanese TV found it hard to deal with Kagawa being on the bench.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

Brilliant isn't it? Went to United v Barca at Fedex field a few years ago, but this should be even better at the Big House. It'll be packed, I just have to make sure I buy the tickets right when they go on sale in case they get sold out!

Yep I was there too, great game. With a capacity of 115,000 I don't think we have to worry about this one selling out immediately (although I'll still make sure to buy tickets as soon they're available).

 

[KGBhoy]

UNITED IN DENVER!!! WOOHOO!

 

[bosnian_red]

Yep I was there too, great game. With a capacity of 115,000 I don't think we have to worry about this one selling out immediately (although I'll still make sure to buy tickets as soon they're available).

Yeah, I don't remember how long it took the Barca game to sell out but I remember I used the United code to get you in the fans section. They'll probably do the same thing.

 

[fishfingers15]

Brilliant isn't it? Went to United v Barca at Fedex field a few years ago, but this should be even better at the Big House. It'll be packed, I just have to make sure I buy the tickets right when they go on sale in case they get sold out!

I was there too

Washington DC and Ann Harbor

 

[NM]

Brilliant isn't it? Went to United v Barca at Fedex field a few years ago, but this should be even better at the Big House. It'll be packed, I just have to make sure I buy the tickets right when they go on sale in case they get sold out!

I was there too

Washington DC and Ann Harbor

so was I.

I'll be going again to DC this year.

 

[Mad Winger]

Looks like a sweet tour! I'm especially looking forward to the Inter game! I want to see how Nagatomo does against us.

 

[fishfingers15]

so was I.

I'll be going again to DC this year.

I'll be going to DC as well.

 

[NM]

I'll be going to DC as well.

Philly, New York and DC all options for me.

 

[jb8521]

Going to be some tough games for whats sure to be a young squad after the World Cup

 

[RDCR07]

Merica! Will be going to DC and Michigan.

 

[bosnian_red]

Going to be some tough games for whats sure to be a young squad after the World Cup

They should all be back for those games I'd assume with it being at the very end of July, start of August.

 

[Eboue]

I'm going to go to the Michigan game. I will get a megaphone and read Peterstorey's posts in Rafael's general direction.

 

[RDCR07]

Lets get a group going - one for DC and one for Michigan. Lets meet up and get a drink.

 

[jb8521]

They should all be back for those games I'd assume with it being at the very end of July, start of August.

Yeah some of them probably will I suppose it depends how far they get, the finals not until the 13th of July and the players will get a few weeks off after it

 

[Big Ben Foster]

Lets get a group going - one for DC and one for Michigan. Lets meet up and get a drink.

Let's do it. Redcafe @ Rick's... this will be interesting.

 

[Sir Matt]

Anyone going to the game in DC? I probably will be.

I met several Caftards in Philly a few years ago.

 

[NM]

Anyone going to the game in DC? I probably will be.

I met several Caftards in Philly a few years ago.

A bunch are going. I will try to be in Philly, DC and NY (I'll be watching other teams too)..

Does anybody know when tickets are on sale?

 

[gbgary]

United bypassing Dallas again...dammit!

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Good. I like that we're playing quality teams in preseason.

 

[savais]

I thought the tour was not confirmed due to possible europa league fixtures??

 

[a_devil_inside]

I'd like to see us try going somewhere different, mostly it's either USA or Asia with South Africa thrown in again now and then

 

[RDCR07]

Anyone going to the game in DC? I probably will be.

I met several Caftards in Philly a few years ago.

I am.

 

[Genius Me!]

Sounds exciting, can't wait to find out which of our youngsters go on tour.

 

[SirAF]

I'd like to see us try going somewhere different, mostly it's either USA or Asia with South Africa thrown in again now and then

USA & Asia, that's where the money is.

 

[kps88]

According to the Telegraph, we might scrap this if we have to play Europa League qualifiers.

 

[.Rossi]

According to the Telegraph, we might scrap this if we have to play Europa League qualifiers.

No trophies, No CL place, Mid table finish, out of the FA cup early, fans turning on one another, awful football, a loss of revenue, share prices down and no more money making pre season tours....David fecking Moyes

 

[bosnian_red]

According to the Telegraph, we might scrap this if we have to play Europa League qualifiers.

If this happens, my dislike for moyes genuinely might turn into hate. A chance to go see united vs Madrid and we might miss out because of Europa league qualifiers because our manager is inept? FFS.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

Official announcement is imminent
https://twitter.com/IntChampionsCup

 

[Raoul]

Excellent. Will be going to all of them, and the practice sessions.

 

[Heardy]

except this could be cut short for Europa qualifiers should we not nick 4th spot.

 

[Someone]

According to the Telegraph, we might scrap this if we have to play Europa League qualifiers.

With our current form, i wouldn't be too worried about playing in the Europa league next season.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

except this could be cut short for Europa qualifiers should we not nick 4th spot.

Europa League playoff round isn't until August 21-28.

 

[Stobzilla]

We need to finish in a Europa spot first.

 

[Paolo Di Canio]

Finally an interesing pre-season tour, hopefully we put in a good showing for ourselves, US pushing premier league football loads for next season