USA - England [R]

[ForzaNerrazurri]

LONDON (AP) - England's national soccer team will face the United States on May 28 in Chicago, and then play Colombia on May 31 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.


The United States, which is likely to field a nearly full-strength team, will be preparing for World Cup qualifiers on June 4 against Costa Rica in Salt Lake City, and June 8 at Panama.

"The trip will be an excellent learning experience, as well as a unique chance to increase interest in English football among the American public," England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said Friday.

The England team is unlikely to include captain David Beckham and striker Michael Owen, who have games with club team Real Madrid at that time.

Other top English players could miss the game if Liverpool or Chelsea reach the finals of the Champions League on May 25 in Istanbul, Turkey. England's top midfielder, Steven Gerrard, plays for Liverpool. Defender John Terry and midfielder Frank Lampard are with Chelsea.

Following the U.S. tour, the English play World Cup qualifiers at Denmark on Aug. 17 and Wales on Sept. 3.

England and the United States reached the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. England lost to eventual champion Brazil, and the Americans were eliminated by Germany

"It is a very good opportunity for me to be with the players for a week and to take a closer look at some of the newer members of the squad in a different environment," Eriksson said.

"They (Americans) are an excellent team who have made enormous progress over the last 10 years or so," he added.

Source: Fox Sports

 

[AberdeenFC]

care

 

[TheBlueBalla]

sweet, Im gonna make every attempt to see at least one of those two.

 

[#1 Stunna]

they had invited Mexico for a match during the tour... but the Mexican FA siad there were "no available dates since the calender is already packed as it is."

oh, but they'll find dates to play vs Ecuador (at least 2 more times this year) Guatemala, Colombia again and some other Central american team.

 

[FKPartizan]

hell yeah I'm for sure goin to this game!

 

[mega montana]

yea this sounds pretty awesome

i swore i'd never go back to that hellhole known as the meadowlands again, but this would be an incredible event

 

[Run DMB]

Awesome, I'm definitely making the trip to Chicago.

 

[Caponedawg]

tickets go on sale March 31st. Range from 28 to 95 bucks.

 

[golfanatic5]

GO USA!!!!!!! I like England too. But I am definitely feelin the US this time around. I am seeing a USA - Holland World Cup Final.

 

[Vagegast]

I'd go to Jersey but Chicago is too far. Plus, I don't want to watch Colombia play unless it's in my backyard--literally.

 

[WilliamFAlmeida]

Im goinh for sure!

 

[SuRFy]

28 bucks pretty cheap, nice.

 

[WilliamFAlmeida]

where do you get tickets? how do you know its $28?

 

[garlei]

why is there a [R] in the topic of the thread?

are we having another "P + R" moment?

 

[mega montana]

has england released their roster for the two games? I saw something on the bottom of a sky news report last night about it, but i cant find anything on thefa.com about it

 

[Klobb]

England for the win.

 

[Andrejs]

Why are some of you acting like the game will be played tommorow?

 

[johan]

Folks, do you know who will air this game... ESPN2 ?? or Fox Soccer Channel .. ??

I`m cheering for England of course.. but I have a strong feeling big stars like Beckham, Rooney, Owen won`t be in the lineups.

Final Prediction 3 - 1

 

[Run DMB]

Originally posted by diggi 10
I`m cheering for England of course..

Of course? What country do you live in?

And 3-1 for who?

 

[#1 Stunna]

Originally posted by golfanatic5
GO USA!!!!!!! I like England too. But I am definitely feelin the US this time around. I am seeing a USA - Holland World Cup Final.

Shifty, Brian, Arash...

I'll just wait for the Mexico vs USA thread to start.