The 14th and final match of the 2011 World Football Challenge has been announced, and it’s a tilt between middleweight champs.
Major League Soccer and CAA Sports revealed on Thursday that Italian power Juventus will take on popular Mexican side CD Guadalajara at 8 pm ET on July 28 at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C.
The 27-time Italian champs, who come to the US armed with new manager Antonio Conte and five squad members from Italy’s 2006 World Cup championship squad (Alessandro del Piero, Gianlugi Buffon, Fabio Grosso, Luca Toni and Vincenzo Iaquinta) will take on Clube Sporting de Portugal on July 23 in Toronto and Club América on July 26 in New York before squaring off against Chivas.
Guadalajara, who also boast a bevy of players with Mexican national team experience — most notably Luis Michel, Jonny Magallón and Alberto Medina — have dates with Spanish powers Real Madrid (July 20 in San Diego) and Barcelona (Aug. 3 in Miami) on either side of their showdown with Juventus.
Ticket information is available at WorldFootballChallenge.com.
2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge schedule
<strong>Date</strong> |
<strong>Game</strong> |
<strong>Venue</strong> |
<strong>City</strong> |
<strong>Time (ET)</strong> |
Jul 13 |
NE Revolution vs. Manchester United |
Gillette Stadium |
Foxboro, MA |
8 pm |
Jul 16 |
Club América vs. Manchester City |
AT&T Park |
San Francisco, CA |
8 pm |
Jul 16 |
LA Galaxy vs. Real Madrid |
LA Memorial Coliseum |
Los Angeles, CA |
10 pm |
Jul 18 |
Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Manchester City |
Empire Field |
Vancouver, BC |
10 pm |
Jul 20 |
CD Guadalajara vs. Real Madrid |
Qualcomm Stadium |
San Diego, CA |
11 pm |
Jul 23 |
Chicago Fire vs. Manchester United |
Soldier Field |
Chicago, IL |
5 pm |
Jul 23 |
Juventus vs. Sporting Clube de Portugal |
BMO Field |
Toronto |
7 pm |
Jul 23 |
Philadelphia Union vs. Real Madrid |
Lincoln Financial Field |
Philadelphia, PA |
<p>
9 pm</p> |
Jul 24 |
LA Galaxy vs. Manchester City |
Home Depot Center |
Carson, CA |
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4 pm</p> |
Jul 26 |
Juventus vs. Club América |
Citi Field |
Flushing, NY |
7:30 pm |
Jul 28 |
Juventus vs. CD Guadalajara |
Carter-Finley Stadium |
Raleigh, NC |
8 pm |
Jul 30 |
Barcelona vs. Manchester United |
FedEx Field |
Landover, MD |
7 pm |
Aug 3 |
Barcelona vs. CD Guadalajara |
Sun Life Stadium |
Miami, FL |
8 pm |
Aug 6 |
Barcelona vs. Club América |
Cowboys Stadium |
Arlington, TX |
4 pm |
