FC Barcelona announced Friday (July 26) that the entire first team, including Lionel Messi, will travel with the club to the United States for the inaugural LaLiga-Serie A Cup against Napoli. Messi will join Griezmann, Suarez, Coutinho, De Jong and the rest of the star-studded cast on Aug. 10 at Michigan Stadium. Start time for the match is 5 p.m. The annual cup will be a home and away series featuring teams from each of the leagues. The other 2019 match will be held Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. https://mgoblue.com/news/2019/6/19/...n-laliga-serie-a-cup-at-michigan-stadium.aspx
From the folks who brought you ICC... August 7th, 2019 La Liga - Serie A Cup Barcelona 2-1 Napoli Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL Attendance: 57,062
Here's a series of friendlies that didn't get much attention: EA Ligue 1 Games Audi Field, Washington, DC July 18th, 2019 Montpellier 2-4 AS St. Etienne Olympic de Marseille 2-1 FCG Bordeaux July 21st, 2019 3rd place match: FCG Bordeaux 2-1 Montpellier Championship: Olympic de Marseille 2-1 AS St. Etienne I was not able to find any attendance information.
The other half of the "series"--- August 10th, 2019 La Liga - Serie A Cup Barcelona 4-0 Napoli Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Attendance: 60,043 Barcelona "wins" 6-1.
The Leagues Cup semi in Houston is sold out: Tigres-América in Houston on Tuesday in the Leagues Cup semifinal is sold out.Clearly an appetite to see those teams in H-town. Would love to see the Dynamo figure out the formula to get some of those fans in the seats regularly for their matches.— Jon Arnold (@ArnoldcommaJon) August 18, 2019 Club América vs. Tigres UANL - BBVA Stadium - August 20, 8:30 PM ET
August 20th, 2019 Leagues Cup Semifinals Club America (3) 2-2 (5) Tigres BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX Attendance: 22,532
Chivas & Club America are playing in Chicago on Sunday and the match is sold out: Organizers announce the Chivas-América match taking place at Soldier Field is sold out. Remarkable, but just another testament to the power of #LigaMXEng in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/adH8aR8u9B— Jon Arnold (@ArnoldcommaJon) September 6, 2019
September 6th, 2019 Colombia 2-2 Brazil friendly Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL Attendance: 65,232
https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/09/09/relevent-us-soccer-federal-antitrust-lawsuit-hosting-games-usa-fifa-sum The lawsuit, which was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and obtained by SI.com, asserts that U.S. Soccer has unlawfully conspired with FIFA to boycott clubs and players that participate in matches in the U.S. that haven’t been sanctioned by U.S. Soccer, all in an effort to benefit the federation's economic partner, Soccer United Marketing. It also charges that U.S. Soccer and FIFA have illegally interfered with soccer promotion companies that wish to provide American fans with opportunities to watch top foreign teams play one another in the USA. Relevent highlights how U.S. Soccer “denied” the soccer promotion company’s application to host a May 5 match between two Ecuadorian clubs, Barcelona Sporting Club and its hometown rival, Guayaquil City FC, in Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. Relevent insists that the rejection was premised on an anticompetitive conspiracy between U.S. Soccer and FIFA. Relevent also maintains it incurred substantial expenses for this cancelled match since it secured a stadium and received approval letters from Series A and other governing bodies. There is also a larger context to the Relevent and U.S. Soccer dispute. Relevent unsuccessfully attempted to host a Spanish league match between Barcelona and Girona at Hard Rock Stadium last January, meeting opposition from FIFA, UEFA, the Spanish federation and the Spanish players' union. That match was to be part of Relevent's 15-year North American partnership with La Liga but ultimately remained on Spanish soil. It seems the relationship between Relevent and U.S. Soccer has frayed to the point where litigation is their means of negotiation. To illustrate this point, Relevent highlights that between 2013 and 2018, it paid $20.5 million to U.S. Soccer in so-called “sanctioning fees” for friendlies between foreign clubs. Relevent asserts these fees harm competition since they increase expenses for organizing matches. The higher the costs the more Relevent and rival promotion companies are dissuaded from seeking to host matches. Put another way, consumers would see more foreign teams play on U.S. soil if U.S. Soccer didn’t require sanctioning fees. If this doesn't end up being settled, should be an interesting argument. Of course, that probably wouldn't stop FIFA from punishing teams or feds that cross federation lines without permission.
September 10, 2019 Argentina 4-0 Mexico Alamodome, San Antonio, TX Attendance: 56,511 Brazil 0-1 Peru Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 32,287
September 18th, 2019 Leagues Cup Final Cruz Azul 2-1 Tigres Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Attendance: 20,132
La Liga is at it again, trying to host a December match between Villarreal and Atletico Madrid in Miami https://t.co/MslbsSDQKv— SI Soccer (@si_soccer) October 17, 2019
🤔🇺🇸🇪🇸 Spanish court to decide fate of #LaLiga game being played in the USA in December. Villarreal v. Atletico Madrid in Miami to go ahead? https://t.co/kIhRI7hhh8— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) November 13, 2019
That is an odd headline when the article also says: So it doesn't decide the fate, it just decides whether the process will continue. Even if the Spanish courts says OK it doesn't mean the game is going to happen in the U.S.
Prepping for 2020: Raise your hand if you are ready to know the dates for our upcoming #MEXTOUR!!! 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♂️🔜🇲🇽⚽️🗓 March 26📍 Charlotte, NC.🗓March 29 📍 Dallas, TX.#PasiónyOrgullo | #FMFporNuestroFútbol pic.twitter.com/zTf3wc3kf4— Mexican National Team (@miseleccionmxEN) December 2, 2019
It will be in Villarreal today. Villarreal plays at Estadio de la Ceramica. Is it made out of ceramic?
USSF revenue generated by international matches played in the US; International game revenues 3,198,406 (2019) International game revenues 4,669,534 (2018) Year ends March 31st. https://www.ussoccer.com/governance/financial-information
What does the current state of the USMNT have to do with revenue from games in the U.S. between teams like Barcelona, Manchester City, Inter Milan, etc?