AC Milan will head back to the United States this summer to take part in the 2024 Soccer Champions Tour, it has been confirmed today.
As the official website confirms, five clubs will take part in the tour: AC Milan, FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid CF. They will play games in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Orlando, Baltimore, and Charlotte.
Milan are back in the USA a second consecutive year for a pre-season tour, following their games against Real Madrid and Juventus in Los Angeles and FC Barcelona in Las Vegas last summer.
It is yet another move by the ownership RedBird Capital to connect with their passionate North American fanbase. With 43 million fans in the US and recognition as the best-regarded Italian football club according to international market research YouGov, Milan have grown to become deeply rooted in the the continent.
Below are the details of the three friendly matches that Milan will play in the USA this summer:
Saturday, 27 July 2024 – vs. Manchester City in New York City, NY
Taking place at the iconic Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees, this game will put the Rossoneri up against Manchester City. The special game will underline the Club’s partnership with the New York Yankees, which brought two of the most iconic sports brands in the world together.
A strategic collaboration resulting from a longstanding relationship between Yankee Global Enterprises and RedBird Capital Partners, the controlling shareholder of AC Milan.
Wednesday, 31 July 2024 – vs Real Madrid CF in Chicago, IL
AC Milan will travel to Chicago, Illinois, for the second game of the exhibition series, where the Rossoneri will take on Real Madrid CF at the historic Soldier Field, which hosted a friendly match between AC Milan and the US Men’s National Team in 1991.
Tuesday, 6 August 2024 – vs FC Barcelona in Baltimore, MD
The Rossoneri’s final game of the tournament will see the team take on FC Barcelona at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, in an area of the US where AC Milan has a constant presence thanks to its AC Milan Academy Virginia.
The new tour in the summer will allow the team to prepare the new season in state-of-the-art facilities as well, as per the press release.
Exclusive pre-sale tickets will be available starting 25 March, with the general on-sale ticket access beginning on 27 March. For access to the pre-sale, all fans are invited to sign up at www.SoccerChampionsTour.com.
All individual game and venue-specific information is also available at the tour website.
wonder what prices they charge for these games. Still its probs worth it to the fans, over the pond, to get to see their team live, even if it is just a friendly
Sadly, I doubt the premium on the price would be for seeing our side. However, great opportunity for the existing fanbase and for our team to get some minutes against the best in the world right now + Barca 🙂
so we’ll play in Australia vs Roma and also in U.S.
I don’t know the full details but from a first look it seems like the whole focus is on marketing rather than building a team and making solid training during pre-season … should we be surprised that we get injuries?
The Australia tour is a totally a money/marketing exercise. It’s “post” season. Not pre season. Just days after the last game in the serie a season and the same weekend as the UCL final. Most of the best players will be heading into international camps for Euro and skipping the tour. It’s not even happening in a part of Australia where there are many Milan fans. There far more decendents of Italian migrants on the east coast Australia vs Perth.
I can only assume the club has been offered a very big pay day by the West Australian state government to do the game. And will mostly send youth team players.
Like leao and chuk said Let’s beat them all !!
“43 million milan fans in US”. BS ain’t no way 43 out of 331 million are milan fans