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Post by futbolista25 on Apr 11, 2023 10:01:35 GMT -5
The Premier League announced today its first-ever pre-season tournament in the United States will take place this July including a double header at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 26th.
The first match will feature Brentford FC vs. Brighton & Hove Albion FC, slated for a 5:30 p.m. kickoff, followed by the return of former Atlanta United FC star Miguel Almiron as Chelsea Football Club faces Newcastle United, scheduled for an 8:15 p.m. kickoff.
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Post by soccerman on Apr 11, 2023 12:46:56 GMT -5
That should be a great day.
Despite being so poor Chelsea have a great squad and Newcastle will probably spend heavily in the summer.
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Post by slickdaddy96 on Apr 11, 2023 13:38:45 GMT -5
That should be a great day. Despite being so poor Chelsea have a great squad and Newcastle will probably spend heavily in the summer. Don't get your hopes up on seeing the stars play. These things are just money grabs with their 2nd or 3rd string academy players playing in it. If Miggy comes back it will be to play some unmeaningful minutes at say the 70 minute mark or something. That being said their 2nd and 3rd string players are probably infinitely better soccer than most MLS teams. |
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Post by rifle on Apr 11, 2023 17:04:44 GMT -5
I wonder if they will bring in natural grass.
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Post by bogan on Apr 11, 2023 17:08:39 GMT -5
I wonder if they will bring in natural grass. Doubt it-but would love to see it. |
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Post by soccerman on Apr 12, 2023 13:46:37 GMT -5
That should be a great day. Despite being so poor Chelsea have a great squad and Newcastle will probably spend heavily in the summer. Don't get your hopes up on seeing the stars play. These things are just money grabs with their 2nd or 3rd string academy players playing in it. If Miggy comes back it will be to play some unmeaningful minutes at say the 70 minute mark or something. That being said their 2nd and 3rd string players are probably infinitely better soccer than most MLS teams. |
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Post by soccerman on Apr 12, 2023 13:47:57 GMT -5
Possibly but July 26 is 3 weeks before EPL starts so teams are getting to the end of their pre season
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Post by futbolista25 on Apr 12, 2023 15:12:51 GMT -5
That should be a great day. Despite being so poor Chelsea have a great squad and Newcastle will probably spend heavily in the summer. Don't get your hopes up on seeing the stars play. These things are just money grabs with their 2nd or 3rd string academy players playing in it. If Miggy comes back it will be to play some unmeaningful minutes at say the 70 minute mark or something. That being said their 2nd and 3rd string players are probably infinitely better soccer than most MLS teams. No Copa America or Euros this summer. Good chance to see clubs with their top players in Atlanta. |
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Post by mightydawg on Apr 12, 2023 15:19:49 GMT -5
I wonder if they will bring in natural grass. Yes, the Benz will have natural grass for the matches. |
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Post by bogan on Apr 12, 2023 17:26:12 GMT -5
I wonder if they will bring in natural grass. Yes, the Benz will have natural grass for the matches. Where did you read that? Is this a dry run for the WC? |
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Post by mightydawg on Apr 13, 2023 12:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by bogan on Apr 13, 2023 12:36:27 GMT -5
“ This is the first time a natural grass pitch will be installed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium” Awesome! Thanks! |
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Post by flix on Apr 13, 2023 13:07:08 GMT -5
Slippery slope…. If you can do it for the Englishmen, why can’t we have natural grass all the time?
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Post by bogan on Apr 13, 2023 13:23:37 GMT -5
Slippery slope…. If you can do it for the Englishmen, why can’t we have natural grass all the time? $$$ |
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Post by 04gparent on Apr 13, 2023 15:46:41 GMT -5
Slippery slope…. If you can do it for the Englishmen, why can’t we have natural grass all the time? $$$ The root cause is standards. The Premier league has a standard that all teams MUST play on grass. They have inventes some cool technology to infuse synthetic fibers and such but it is a league standard. If MLS would adopt the league standard and enforce it all teams would play on grass... MLS would never do it but they should... |
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Post by bogan on Apr 13, 2023 16:37:34 GMT -5
The root cause is standards. The Premier league has a standard that all teams MUST play on grass. They have inventes some cool technology to infuse synthetic fibers and such but it is a league standard. If MLS would adopt the league standard and enforce it all teams would play on grass... MLS would never do it but they should... They won’t spend the money; but they should. |
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Post by newguy on Apr 13, 2023 17:19:05 GMT -5
The root cause is standards. The Premier league has a standard that all teams MUST play on grass. They have inventes some cool technology to infuse synthetic fibers and such but it is a league standard. If MLS would adopt the league standard and enforce it all teams would play on grass... MLS would never do it but they should... They won’t spend the money; but they should. It’s more than the money though. Between United and Falcons you have United starting their season in late February and then some overlap in the Fall and Falcons season going usually until December but every once in awhile January. That’s 10-11 months straight and the grass needs to go dormant for longer than that. Throw in all the concerts, truck and motorcycle shows and whatever else you’re constantly changing your field over. So yeah, money, but a lot of other things too. |
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Post by bogan on Apr 13, 2023 17:37:45 GMT -5
They won’t spend the money; but they should. It’s more than the money though. Between United and Falcons you have United starting their season in late February and then some overlap in the Fall and Falcons season going usually until December but every once in awhile January. That’s 10-11 months straight and the grass needs to go dormant for longer than that. Throw in all the concerts, truck and motorcycle shows and whatever else you’re constantly changing your field over. So yeah, money, but a lot of other things too. Yes, they should really have their own stadium. Originally, grass was called for in Mercedes Benz but they would have had to bring in artificial light and that was cost prohibitive. It’s many things but it all comes back to $. Given that it’s multi-use, turf is probably the best alternative. But, soccer stadiums are used for more than soccer (rugby, concerts, etc) in Europe and the grass grows back fine-as another poster noted, it’s a mixture of real and artificial. |
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Post by newguy on Apr 13, 2023 19:37:55 GMT -5
It’s more than the money though. Between United and Falcons you have United starting their season in late February and then some overlap in the Fall and Falcons season going usually until December but every once in awhile January. That’s 10-11 months straight and the grass needs to go dormant for longer than that. Throw in all the concerts, truck and motorcycle shows and whatever else you’re constantly changing your field over. So yeah, money, but a lot of other things too. Yes, they should really have their own stadium. Originally, grass was called for in Mercedes Benz but they would have had to bring in artificial light and that was cost prohibitive. It’s many things but it all comes back to $. Given that it’s multi-use, turf is probably the best alternative. But, soccer stadiums are used for more than soccer (rugby, concerts, etc) in Europe and the grass grows back fine-as another poster noted, it’s a mixture of real and artificial. They should have their own stadium but it will never happen as long as they share ownership. Not enough revenue to split between two venues. |
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