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World Football Challenge

With an exciting Women’s World Cup over, soccer fans are no doubt hungry for more competition.  The World Football Challenge comes to the rescue.

The tournament is the second exhibition of clubs from Europe and North America and will feature 13 teams, 9 more than competed in 2009.  Chelsea FC is the reigning champion, but this year’s tournament features plenty of capable teams that are sure to generate excitement.

The tournament began on July 13th, with Manchester United beating the New England Revolution 4-1.  Three days later, Manchester City beat Club América and Real Madrid beat the LA Galaxy.  It will continue into August, and the winner will be determined by point totals accumulated throughout the tournament.  Points will be awarded on the following basis:

  • 3 points for a win in regulation
  • 2 points for a penalty kick win
  • 1 point for a penalty kick loss
  • 0 points for a loss in regulation

The teams will not play overtime if they are tied after regulation, but will go directly to penalty kicks.  Teams will also be awarded a point for each regulation goal, up to 3, regardless of if they win or lose.  More specifics on tournament rules can be found after the jump.

The tournament features some of the best teams and players in the world.  From abroad:

  • Manchester City FC – English Premier League
  • Manchester United FC – English Premier League
  • FC Barcelona – Spanish La Liga
  • Real Madrid – Spanish La Liga
  • Juventus FC – Italian Serie A
  • Club América – FMF Primera Division
  • CD Guadalajara – FMF Primera Division
  • Sporting Clube de Portugal – Portuguese First Division
Additionally, the MLS will be represented by teams from the Eastern and Western conferences.  Rather than playing three games each like the foreign teams–except Portugal, which will only play one match–the games played will be split between teams of the conference.  For the Eastern conference the Chicago Fire, New England Revolution and Philadelphia Union will all play one match.  The Western Conference will be represented by the Los Angeles Galaxy, playing two matches, and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, taking one.

Tonight at 10:00 EST, the Vancouver Whitecaps will take on Manchester City who won the 2011 FA Cup.  The rest of the schedule is as follows:

  • WED 7/20, 11:00 PM EST: CD Guadalajara vs. Real Madrid
  • SAT 7/23, 5:00 PM EST: Chicago Fire vs. Manchester United
  • SAT 7/23, 7:00 PM EST: Juventus vs. Sporting Clube de Portugal
  • SAT 7/23, 9:00 PM EST: Philadelphia Union vs. Real Madrid
  • SUN 7/24, 4:00 PM EST: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Manchester City
  • TUE 7/26, 8:00 PM EST: Club América vs. Juventus
  • THU 7/28, 8:00 PM EST: Juventus vs. CD Guadalajara
  • SAT 7/30, 7:00 PM EST: Barcelona vs. Manchester United
  • WED 8/3, 8:30 PM EST: Barcelona vs. CD Guadalajara
  • SAT 8/6, 4:00 PM EST: Barcelona vs. Club América

All games will be available to watch on ESPN3.com; ESPN2 and ESPN will combine to televise the majority of the matches as well.

Seems we might still have some great games to watch in the next couple of weeks!  Enjoy!

-HD

July 18, 2011 | Categories: Futbol, Men, Soccer, World Football Challenge | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment