I am starting this thread again, though I won't be keeping it as detailed as last year - that was way too much work and nobody really cares With that out of the way feel free to add to this list. Saturday, March 23 Chattanooga FC vs. Comunicaciones FC (friendly), 6pm, Wednesday, May 15 New England Revolution vs. Chelsea (friendly), 8pm, Wednesday, May 22 DC United vs. Real Betis (friendly), 8pm, Minnesota United vs. Hertha Berlin (friendly), 8pm, Saturday, May 25 Chattanooga FC vs. Real Betis (friendly), 6pm, July Bayern Munich vs. team to be determined (International Champions Cup), date/time TBD, Kansas City
Arsenal is scheduled to announce its summer plans at 10am ET tomorrow. The assumption is, since they specifically announced 10am ET and there was a rumor of it earlier, that it will an American tour including a stop in Commerce City to play Kroenke's other team.
Both teams will be taken on a tour of the Walton-Kroenke Scrooge McDuck vault, where they'll all be told "You can't have any of this".
The International Champions Cup host cities were announced yesterday. One of them will be Arlington, TX. So the first thought is "Oh, they'll be playing at the Cowboys' stadium." No. They'll be playing at Globe Life Park, home of the Rangers. Enjoy the crappy sightlines and the temporary grass that's been installed over the infield dirt, I guess.
Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich - Carson, CA - July 17 Arsenal vs. Roma - Charlotte, NC - July 20 Arsenal vs. Real Madrid, Washington, DC - July 23 Arsenal vs. Colorado Rapids is, by all reports, also happening but was not part of today's announcement. Maybe they're letting the Rapids announce that at a later time? My guess would be a game here on or around the 10th as the Rapids play at home on the 4th, then in Portland on the 13th, plus it would make sense for Arsenal to fly directly here, play, then a quick flight to LA before the long flight back to the East Coast. https://www.arsenal.com/news/pre-season-matches-united-states-announced
List updated with ICC and others. Friday, May 24 Forward Madison vs. Hertha Berlin (friendly), 7pm, Monday, July 15 Colorado Rapids vs. Arsenal (friendly), time TBD, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO Tuesday, July 16 AS Roma vs. Chivas (International Champions Cup), time TBD, SeatGeek Stadium, Chicago Wednesday, July 17 Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Dignity Health Sports Park, Los Angeles Saturday, July 20 Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid (International Champions Cup), time TBD, NRG Stadium, Houston Arsenal vs. AS Roma (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Benfica vs. Chivas (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara Tuesday, July 23 Arsenal vs. Real Madrid (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Fedex Field, Maryland Bayern Munich vs. AC Milan (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chivas vs. Atletico Madrid (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Globe Life Park, Arlington, TX Wednesday, July 24 AS Roma vs. Benfica (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ Friday, July 26 Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid (International Champions Cup), time TBD, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Sunday, July 28 AC Milan vs. Benfica (International Champions Cup), time TBD, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA Looks like a lot of the ICC matches have downsized to SSS...
The marquee matchup this year is the Madrid Derby, but it's Real without Ronaldo and Atletico who really aren't a mega draw. Lets see if they can sell out at the Meadowlands.
Rapids have announced a press event at 2pm tomorrow at Denver's Union Station to announce their summer friendly (presumably Arsenal).
Will they move the game to Mile High? If not, it'll be a pretty big deal to see Arsenal in such an intimate stadium.
I can think of no reason they would move it to Mile High. I can't imagine they could sell 50K more tickets to a (rumored) Monday night game at a price high enough to cover what they'd be charged in rent and what they'd lose in concessions and probably parking (they don't charge for parking for Rapids games at the Dick but they do for concerts and National team events, so I assume they'd charge for this).
Rapids vs. TBA (aka Arsenal) July 15th, 7pm https://www.facebook.com/coloradorapids/photos/a.344990831090/10156939469686091/?type=3&theater
Updated list! Wednesday, May 15 New England Revolution vs. Chelsea (friendly), 8pm, Wednesday, May 22 DC United vs. Real Betis (friendly), 8pm, Minnesota United vs. Hertha Berlin (friendly), 8pm, Thursday, May 23 New York Cosmos vs. St. Pauli (friendly), time TBD, Rocco Commisso Stadium, New York Friday, May 24 Forward Madison vs. Hertha Berlin (friendly), 7pm, Saturday, May 25 Buffalo FC vs. St. Pauli (friendly), 3pm, Robert Rich Sr. All-High Stadium, Buffalo Chattanooga FC vs. Real Betis (friendly), 6pm, Monday, July 15 Colorado Rapids vs. Arsenal (friendly), 9pm, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO Tuesday, July 16 AS Roma vs. Chivas (International Champions Cup), 9pm, SeatGeek Stadium, Chicago Wednesday, July 17 Minnesota United vs. Aston Villa (friendly), 8pm, Allianz Field, Minneapolis Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich (International Champions Cup), 10pm, Dignity Health Sports Park, Los Angeles Seattle Sounders vs. Borussia Dortmund (friendly), 10:30pm, CenturyLink Field, Seattle Friday, July 19 Liverpool vs. Borussia Dortmund (friendly), 8pm, Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana Saturday, July 20 Arsenal vs. AS Roma (International Champions Cup), 4pm, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Benfica vs. Chivas (International Champions Cup), 6pm, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid (International Champions Cup), 8pm, NRG Stadium, Houston Sunday, July 21 Liverpool vs. Sevilla (friendly), 6pm, Fenway Park, Boston Tuesday, July 23 Arsenal vs. Real Madrid (International Champions Cup), 7pm, Fedex Field, Maryland Bayern Munich vs. AC Milan (International Champions Cup), 9pm, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chivas vs. Atletico Madrid (International Champions Cup), 9pm, Globe Life Park, Arlington, TX Wednesday, July 24 AS Roma vs. Benfica (International Champions Cup), 7pm, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ Liverpool vs. Sporting Lisbon (friendly), 8pm, Yankee Stadium, Bronx Friday, July 26 Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid (International Champions Cup), 7:30pm, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Sunday, July 28 AC Milan vs. Benfica (International Champions Cup), 3pm, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA Wednesday, July 31 MLS All-Star Team vs. Atletico Madrid (friendly), time TBD, Orlando, Florida Thursday, August 15 Lyon vs. Atletico Madrid (International Champions Cup women’s tournament), 5pm, WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina North Carolina Courage vs. Manchester City (International Champions Cup women’s tournament), 7:30pm, WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina Sunday, August 18 TBD vs. TBD (International Champions Cup women’s tournament), 5pm, WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina TBD vs. TBD (International Champions Cup women’s tournament), 7:30pm, WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina
Last year I tried to track down every single friendly going on in the US, and it was very time consuming and nobody really cares, so I'll just stick to the above list this year.