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Date - Wednesday, July 26 2017 Local | Thursday, July 27 2017 UK
Kickoff Time - 1930 Hrs Local Time, 0030 Hrs BST
Venue - FedExField, Landover, Maryland
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Team News
Manchester United
Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young ruled out. Juan Mata trained alone after suffering a knock against RSL, while Ander Herrera is also a doubt having been forced off against Real Madrid.
Goalkeepers (3): David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Joel Pereira
Defenders (12): Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelof, Marcos Rojo, Axel Tuanzebe, Luke Shaw, Demi Mitchell
Midfielders (10): Michael Carrick, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lindgard. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Scott McTominay, Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata, Andreas Pereira
Forwards (3): Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial
Defenders (12): Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelof, Marcos Rojo, Axel Tuanzebe, Luke Shaw, Demi Mitchell
Midfielders (10): Michael Carrick, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lindgard. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Scott McTominay, Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata, Andreas Pereira
Forwards (3): Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial
Barcelona
Gerard Deulofeu and Rafinha have not traveled with the rest of the squad following significant injuries. Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Andre Gomes are on extended holiday following the Confederations Cup.
Piqué, Rakitic, Sergio, Denis Suárez, Arda, A. Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, Neymar Jr., Cillessen, Mascherano, Paco Alcácer, Jordi Alba, Digne, S. Roberto, Aleix Vidal, Umtiti, Semedo, Marlon, Douglas, Samper, Vermaelen, Munir, Ortolá, Jokin, Ezkieta and Aleñá.
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Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On 22 October 1899, Joan Gamper placed an advertisement in Los Deportes declaring his wish to form a football club; a positive response resulted in a meeting at the Gimnasio Solé on 29 November. Eleven players attended — Walter Wild(the first director of the club), Lluís d'Ossó, Bartomeu Terradas, Otto Kunzle, Otto Maier, Enric Ducal, Pere Cabot, Carles Pujol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons, and William Parsons — and Foot-Ball Club Barcelona was born. Gamper later recruited Jack Greenwell as the first full-time manager in Barcelona's history in 1917. After this hiring, the club's fortunes began to improve on the field. During the Gamper-led era, Barcelona won eleven Campionats de Catalunya, six Copa del Rey and four Pyrenees Cups and enjoyed its first "golden age".
The 1973/74 season saw the arrival of the man who would leave an indelible mark on the club - Johan Cruyff, who was bought for a world record £920,000 from Ajax. Already an established player with Ajax, Cruyff quickly won over the Barcelona fans when he told the European press that he chose Barcelona over Real Madrid because he could not play for a club associated with Franco - helping the club win the 1973/74 for the first time since 1960, defeating Real Madrid 5–0 at the Santiago Bernabéu en route. In 1988, Johan Cruyff returned to the club as manager and he assembled the so-called "Dream Team". Along with being one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division, on the domestic level - Barcelona has won 24 La Liga, 29 Copa del Rey, 12 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football, Barcelona has won twenty European and World titles — four UEFA Champions League titles and one European Cup, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a shared record five UEFA Super Cup, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cupand a record three FIFA Club World Cup.
The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid; matches between the two teams are referred to as El Clásico. Barça's local rival has always been Espanyol. And their rival in European football is Italian club AC Milan. The team has played its home matches in the Camp Nou since 1957.
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