Manchester United Announce Five Stateside Summer Exhibition Matches, Including MLS All-Star Game

Premier League giants Manchester United had already been confirmed as the opponents for the MLS All-Star game in New York, but a statement on their website has now officially announced four other friendly matches in a three-week tour of the United States. Their opponents will be MLS sides New England Revolution, Seattle Sounders, and Chicago Fire, with a friendly against Barcelona on July 30th capping everything off in rather grand fashion.

The full fixture list for the tour is as follows:

The rumors have been confirmed: Manchester United will, in fact, play the MLS All-Stars on July 27 at Red Bull Arena. This will be the second straight year that United will be the All-Stars’ opponent.

“We are pleased to host Manchester United again for our marquee summer event,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said in a league release. “Our All-Star Game has become a true celebration of soccer, and our best players look forward to the challenge of competing against one of the top clubs in the world.”

The match will mark the first time the All-Star Game has been played in the New York area since 1997. Giants Stadium, where the New York MLS team played until last year, hosted the first two all-star games.

“The combination of one of the most spectacular stadiums of its size in the world with the passionate soccer supporters in the metropolitan New York area will provide a terrific showcase for our All-Star Game,” Garber said on the MLS website. “Red Bull Arena will be a tremendous venue for this marquee event and we are pleased to bring the All-Star Game to an area with a rich soccer tradition.”