El Clásico brings its show to the United States again – 2024-03-30 16:53:22

For the fourth time, the Real Madrid and the Barcelona they transfer the football spectacle of Classic to American soil. As reported, the Spanish teams will face each other at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, 10 kilometers from the Empire State Building in New York, during the Soccer Champions Tour, which will also have other matchups of interest to European soccer fans.

The stadium usually used by the Giants and Jets of the NFL, a fiefdom with capacity for 82,500 spectators and without a retractable cover, will be the setting for the Merengues and Azulgranas to face each other, after the tour schedule was confirmed.

When will El Clásico be in New Jersey?

According to the Soccer Champions Tour schedule that was revealed this Tuesday, The Classic will be next August 3and el MetLife Stadium.

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Carlo Ancelotti’s men will have an eye-catching summer calendar, between the Euro Cup (June 14-July 14), the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11) and a possible European Super Cup (August 14, in Warsaw). In the United States, there will be three games instead of four, all in a seven-day period. The whites will play a first friendly against Milan (July 31, at Soldier Field in Chicago), Then they will travel to New Jersey to play the Classic (August 3) and, finally, they will face Chelsea (August 6, at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte).

This will be the fourth time that the Classic takes place on North American soil. The first was in Miami in 2017 (2-3 for Barcelona); the second, in Las Vegas (0-1 for the culés); and the third, this past summer in Dallas (3-0 in favor of those from Barcelona).

A stadium of historic matches

MetLife Stadium is an emblematic venue in this sense: in 2014 it hosted the first outdoor Super Bowl in a city with cold weather (February). Shortly after, in 2016 it hosted the Copa América Centenario when Chile lifted the trophy against Argentina and Messi, and, in 2018, Real Madrid played a friendly there against Roma (2-1 victory). Now a Classic is coming up, whose tickets go on sale from the 27th of this month.

The facility located in East Rutherford County, New Jersey, It will be the scene of the 2026 World Cup final.