Soccer Champions Tour announces new U.S. Summer Series featuring Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Juventus Football Club, AC Milan, Arsenal, and Manchester United.
it was announced today, Friday, May 12 that Central Florida soccer fans will be able to watch
top European soccer teams Real Madrid from Spain and Italy's Juventus face off against each other right here in Orlando this summer.
Real Madrid and Juventus will compete at Camping World Stadium in downtown Orlando on August 2, 2023, as part of the Soccer Champions Tour.
It will be the first time both teams will play at Camping World Stadium.
Pre-sale tickets are on sale from Tuesday, May 16, followed by a general ticket release on Friday, May 19.
Tickets can be purchased via FloridaCup.com or SoccerChampionsTour.com.
Juventus Football Club
Founded in 1897 in Turin, Italy, Juventus is one of Italy’s oldest and most decorated soccer teams with more Italian league championships than any other team. Also known as Juve, the club competes in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian soccer leagues, and is the first European club to win all three major UEFA competitions. The club’s current roster includes Brazilian defender Danilo, French midfielder Paul Pogba and Italian forward Federico Chiesa.
Real Madrid CF
Real Madrid C.F. is a sports organization with over 121 years of history and was named “Best Club of the 20th Century” by FIFA. It is the club with the most European Cups in both football (14) and basketball (10). Real Madrid has millions of fans in all corners of the world, with more than 456 million followers on social media, and is for the fourth year in a row the most valuable football club in Europe according to The European Elite 2022 report. This past season, Real Madrid won La Liga (35) and the Spanish Super Cup (12) under the direction of Carlo Ancelotti. With stars like Karim Benzema, Luka Modrić, Thibaut Courtois, Vinicius Júnior, and Toni Kroos among others, in 2022 Real Madrid won the Champions League for the fourteenth time.
The Soccer Champions Tour will feature six of the world’s most iconic soccer clubs playing this summer in major markets across the United States.
Spain’s Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Italy’s Juventus Football Club and AC Milan, and England’s Arsenal and Manchester United will compete in eight matches between Saturday, July 22, and Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
The 2023 Soccer Champions Tour is the first time these six clubs, which hold among them 31 European trophies, have participated together in a U.S. series. The eight fixtures will take place in host market stadiums in Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, and San Francisco.
Highlights of the 2023 Soccer Champions Tour include Spanish giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona meeting in Texas for the first time ever at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys; Manchester United and Real Madrid facing off for the first time since 2018; FC Barcelona and Arsenal competing in a rematch of the 2006 European final; and Italian rivals AC Milan and Juventus playing each other in California for the first time in their more than 120-year histories.
Soccer Champions Tour was created by a newly formed company of global investment firm Sixth Street to support the continued global growth of top-tier sports franchises by organizing high-profile, competitive events for the millions of fans that live outside the domestic markets of the biggest clubs.
“We are proud to be partnering with the world’s most storied clubs, which have the world’s strongest and most passionate supporters, to provide this rare opportunity for American fans to experience the game at the highest level,” said Alan Waxman, Co-Founder and CEO at Sixth Street. “While this year’s tour consists of men’s clubs, we look forward to expanding next summer to bring the world’s best women’s clubs to local audiences around the globe, and in the future to evolve this series into a format with real games of consequence.”
In addition to men’s and women’s professional club matches, the tour also intends to organize elite youth academy competitions in the years to come.
Soccer Champions Tour Schedule
Saturday, July 22 FC Barcelona vs. Juventus at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
Sunday, July 23 Real Madrid vs. AC Milan at The Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA
Wednesday, July 26 Arsenal vs. FC Barcelona at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
Wednesday, July 26 Real Madrid vs. Manchester United at NRG Stadium, Houston, TX
Thursday, July 27 Juventus vs. AC Milan at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA
Saturday, July 29 FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
Tuesday, August 1 AC Milan vs. FC Barcelona at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
Wednesday, August 2 Juventus vs. Real Madrid at Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL
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