Real Madrid & Barça ~ Back in the USA!

Here is a list of the friendlies taking place in the USA. No surprise, the two biggest clubs in Spain and the World will be returning to this side of the pond as part of the World Football Challenge. 3 games will be played by each team respectively. It's going to be a great summer.


Jose Mourinho loves Southern California for pre-season. Last year he came with Real Madrid, prior to that Inter Milan and Chelsea. I do love the fact that Real Madrid plays the local MLS teams, along with a "local" Mexican team (hahaha). Yours truly, Elisa will be attending the LA and SD games.


Saturday July 16 ~LA Galaxy v Real Madrid - World Football Challenge
Venue: Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles CA


Wednesday July 20 ~ Real Madrid v Chivas Guadalajara - World Football Challenge
Venue: Qualcomm Stadium - San Diego CA

Saturday July 23 ~ Philadelphia Union v Real Madrid - World Football Challenge
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA


Barçelona likes to move around to different venues as part of their pre-season, but do tend to arrive at the same part of the year to the States. Who will have the majority of fans in Miami and Texas? Do you think that this friendly is a bit of a payback to Miami for the MLS team snafu?

Saturday July 30 ~ Barcelona v Manchester United - World Football Challenge
Venue: FedExField - Landover MD

Wednesday August 3 ~ Barcelona v Chivas Guadalajara - World Football Challenge
Venue: Sun Life Stadium - Miami FL

-Saturday August 6 ~ Barcelona v Club America - World Football Challenge
Venue: Cowboys Stadium - Arlington TX