When will the inaugural World Football Challenge take place?”
The inaugural World Football Challenge begins tomorrow on American soil, in the Bay Area. Much like the “World Series of Football” in 2005, this event conflicts directly with our region’s Continental Championship which also is contested on American soil. But unlike that tournament which was promoted by SUM and involved MLS teams, this event shuts out the American club game as if it does not exist. That summer also some European teams toured independently of SUM and also conflicted with the USMNT’s Gold Cup run. Perhaps this tournament reflects a utopian model for what some so-called fans of the game want to witness in this country. Elite European teams with few if any Americans (the three European teams involved in this tournament have two players total from the CONCACAF region) touring the country, allowing us to pretend for a minute we are in Europe and we do not have our own club game or national team to support. These clubs and their organizers taking what little dollars families h
World Football Challenge Schedule Sunday, July 19, 7PM ET, ESPN2: Club America vs. Inter Milan @ Stanford Stadium (Palo Alto, CA) Tuesday, July 21, 11PM ET, ESPN2: Chelsea vs. Inter Milan @ Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) Wednesday, July 22, 7PM ET, ESPN2: AC Milan vs. Club America @ Georgia Dome (Atlanta, GA) Friday, July 24, 8PM ET, ESPN: AC Milan vs. Chelsea @ M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, MD) Sunday, July 26, 5PM ET, ESPN2: AC Milan vs. Inter Milan @ Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, MA) Sunday, July 26, 7PM ET, ESPN2: Chelsea FC vs. Club America @ Cowboy Stadium (Arlington, TX) For more information please contact Investor Relations at 1-877-SPONGE T or visit the company website at: www.spongetech.com. About World Football Challenge This summer four of the best soccer teams in the world — Chelsea Football Club, AC Milan, FC Internazionale Milano and Club America — will compete in the United States in the inaugural World Football Challenge,
