Man Utd Summer Tour Dates

July 25 - Chicago (v. Bayern Munich)
July 28 - Philly (v. Celtic)
July 31 - NY (v. AC Milan)

No West Coast Dates (apparenlty we get Real Madrid instead)


Man Utd face Celtic on US tour


Manchester United are set to play Celtic again as part of their summer tour to the United States.

The two sides met last year in Seattle, when United ran out convincing 4-0 winners and will face each other again at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles, on July 28.

United's visit to the US, their first since 1982, was a huge success as they took on Club America in Los Angeles, Juventus in New York and Barcelona in Philadelphia as well as the Bhoys, with each match played out in front of bumper crowds.

This summer, Sir Alex Ferguson's men will also meet German giants Bayern Munich at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 25 and finish their trip with a game against AC Milan at the Giants Stadium, New York on July 31 as part of the 2004 ChampionsWorld Series.

Any word on any other dates involving Celtic, Bayern Munich, or AC Milan?

I got these fixtures the other day and was psyched to find out I'll get to see them play Celtic….you know that will be a major party in Philly. Evidently it was the best one last year in Seattle.

it is rumored that today rfk will be announcing a european exhibition to be held there in july.

Top Euro sides meet in US


Seven of Europe's top clubs are to play in a pre-season series promoting football in North America.
English Premiership sides Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United will all play matches against Scottish league leaders Celtic.

Italian clubs AC Milan and Roma, plus German side Bayern Munich, make up the teams in the Champions World series.

The series builds on successful visits by several clubs, including Celtic and United, last season.

United, who four months ago committed to a return visit, will meet Bayern in Chicago on 25 July, Celtic in Philadelphia on 28 July and current European Cup holders Milan at Giants Stadium, New Jersey, on 31 July.

Chelsea play three matches, against Celtic in Seattle on 24 July, followed by Roma in Pittsburgh and Milan in Philadelphia.

Liverpool will meet Celtic in East Hartford, Connecticut, on 26 July, plus Roma at Giants Stadium.

Celtic's final game is against Roma in Toronto on 31 July.

The tournament is organised by US sports agency Champions World and David McNally, Celtic's head of sales and marketing, says it will further raise his club's profile in North America.

"Our research indicates that we have over one million fans in North America and we will be undertaking a number of initiatives to build on these very strong foundations," he said.

"As well as running soccer camps in each city, attended by 4,500 American children, we will be offering members of Celtic's 'World Huddle' membership scheme the first opportunity to buy tickets for what are likely to be sell-out matches."

Last year's match against Manchester United is Seattle attracted a crowd of 66,700.

The Champions World series, which also featured AC Milan, Barcelona and Juventus, attracted 450,000 spectators and was broadcast to more than 70 million households in the US and more than 50 countries worldwide.

Celtic will be based in Seattle and Providence, near Boston, during their 13-day trip, which starts on 19 July.

Pittsburgh? How does f'in Pitt get a game and not LA or SF?

SCHEDULE

Saturday, July 24
Chelsea v Celtic
Seahawks Stadium, Seattle

Sunday, July 25
Manchester United v Bayern Munich
Soldier Field, Chicago

Monday, July 26
Liverpool v Celtic
Rentschler Field, East Hartford

Wednesday, July 28
Manchester United v Celtic
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Thursday, July 29
AS Roma v Chelsea
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh

Saturday, July 31
Manchester United v AC Milan
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Saturday, July 31
Celtic v AS Roma
SkyDome, Toronto

Monday, August 2
Chelsea v AC Milan
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Tuesday, August 3
AS Roma v Liverpool
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

your guess is as good as mine. its not a terrible footie town, but they don't even have an proper team. wish it was on a saturday, i would totally go up for that.

Maybe the stadiums in LA and SF wanted too much $$$ or something.

Did you see Rio's ban was upheld today…I said months ago they should have sold him to Arseholes and he'd be playing again by now.

hartford, ct? wtf? where's the dc date? bastards.

Originally posted by lily1:
hartford, ct? wtf? where's the dc date? bastards.

They probably figured there'd be no interest in DC unless a team from S. America was playing….and I tend to agree.

but they got 45,000 people at the game last july at rfk!!!

:mad:

Originally posted by lily1:
but they got 45,000 people at the game last july at rfk!!!

:mad:

There was over 66,000 at the game in Seattle last summer.

There is also the DC council to contend with …they 'effd up the Le Mans series for everyone, which was also a huge revenue maker for the city.

*sigh*

*sigh*

so when do tickets go on sale? saturday i presume?

Not sure when tic's go on sale, will have to try to find out.

Originally posted by lily1:
so when do tickets go on sale? saturday i presume?

From the ChampionsWorld press release…

Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning March 30 for all games except the August 3 match between Liverpool and Roma at Giants Stadium. Tickets for that match will be available to the general public starting April 13.

post says rfk is getting liverpool on july 29.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
post says rfk is getting liverpool on july 29.

But are they playing DC United? I made the mistake of watchig the glorious Robbie Keane and Spurs play over here, but they played DC United and it was abysmal.

I hear that Real Madrid is going to play the LA Galaxy as a warm-up as well.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
post says rfk is getting liverpool on july 29.

But are they playing DC United? I made the mistake of watchig the glorious Robbie Keane and Spurs play over here, but they played DC United and it was abysmal.

I hear that Real Madrid is going to play the LA Galaxy as a warm-up as well.

Isn't that the one we decided to stay in the boozer instead?

Originally posted by Ball bags:
Isn't that the one we decided to stay in the boozer instead?

No that was Blackburn, but Duff was transferred to Chelski the week of the game so we stayed at the Boozer.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by Ball bags:
Isn't that the one we decided to stay in the boozer instead?

No that was Blackburn, but Duff was transferred to Chelski the week of the game so we stayed at the Boozer.

Right, right….I skipped the Spurs game to stay in the bar. After going to the Leeds and Newcastle fiasco's playing DC United I don't get too excited about those games…seems like the premiership teams are either hungover or would rather be in GoodGuys than play the game, so they tend to be let-downs.