US Summer Tournament features 6 English Clubs

The English Premier League announced on Tuesday that a 6-club off-season tournament will take place in the US this summer.

The association said that Chelsea, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Fulham, Brighton and Brentford plan to take part in the “Summer League”, which includes 9 matches in July next year at 5 American cities.

Games will take place July 22-30 in Atlanta, Orlando and Philadelphia, as well as Harrison, New Jersey and Landover, Maryland.

Chelsea and Brighton will kick off the tournament at Lincoln Financial Stadium in Philadelphia on July 22.

In turn, the Newcastle club, which ranks third in the English Premier League table, announced its participation in the summer tournament.

And the Newcastle club posted a tweet on their Twitter account saying: “The Maccabees are going to the United States this summer … Our team is going to the United States of America in July for the summer tournament.”

While a number of English Premier League clubs have completed the off-season in the United States, this is the first time the Premier League has hosted a tournament there.

The league stated that this was part of an “ongoing commitment to United States fans”.

Source: “Wakalat”