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<p>Undoubtedly one of the biggest rivalries in soccer, let alone world sports, this July 23rd game is full of drama. However, the two sides seldom play outside of their home country, Spain.</p>
<p>AEG, a sports and live entertainment company, is putting together what it calls the Soccer Champions Tour. There are five clubs involved in this small competition. Barcelona and Real Madrid join fellow European club Juventus in making the trip over to the United States. Completing the list of teams are a pair of Mexican giants. Club América and Chivas de Guadalajara make up the five teams competing in the five-game slate.</p>
<p>For the European teams, it is the first opportunity for these clubs to play in the United States since the pandemic. Real Madrid and Barcelona both featured Stateside in 2019. On the other hand, Juventus came over to the U.S. in 2018. The two Mexican teams are also making a return to the United States for the first time in some years.</p>
<p>This array of teams joins an already-impressive list of <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/schedule-of-soccer-friendlies-in-us-this-summer/">summer friendlies coming to the United States</a> in the summer of 2022.</p>
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<p>Most of these teams have summer friendlies outside of AEG’s Soccer Champions Tour. However, these games are among the best in terms of talent on display. None of those is bigger than that between Real Madrid and Barcelona.</p>
<p>In fact, you can get <a href="https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io/c/330866/952533/12730?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Freal-madrid-tickets-allegiant-stadium-7-23-2022--sports-soccer%2Fproduction%2F3986435%3FAID%3DPerformer-MainProductionList&amp;subid1=tixpage" rel="noopener" target="_blank">El Clásico tickets on sale</a> for the Las Vegas game in just the second-ever contest on American soil. Overall, it is the third game outside of Spain between the two clubs. Earlier this year, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-2 in Saudi Arabia during the Supercopa de España.</p>
<p>Back in 2017, Barcelona and Real went head-to-head for the first time outside of Spain during <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/2017/08/01/espn-scores-1-7-million-el-clasico-miami-barcelona-real-madrid/">a contest in Miami</a>. The game also finished 3-2, this time in favor of Barcelona. There is ample talent on display for both ends during this upcoming trip to Las Vegas and Allegiant Stadium. For Barcelona, the young core of Pedri, Ansu Fati and Gavi will be stars for years. On the other end, Real Madrid’s lineup needs no introduction. The 2021/22 UEFA Champions League winners feature Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Karim Benzema and a breakout Vinicius Júnior.</p>
<p>It sets up for a great fixture. Plus, despite the nature of a friendly, there will be some drama between the two clubs. Last time they met, Barcelona dismantled Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, 4-0.</p>
<h5>Juventus’s tasty fixtures</h5>
<p>Let’s not forget about the Italian giants in this summer tour. While the <a href="https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io/c/330866/952533/12730?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Freal-madrid-tickets-allegiant-stadium-7-23-2022--sports-soccer%2Fproduction%2F3986435%3FAID%3DPerformer-MainProductionList&amp;subid1=tixpage" rel="noopener" target="_blank">El Clásico tickets are on sale</a> for the Las Vegas game, Juventus’s set of fixtures are also a hot commodity. Juventus takes on both Barcelona and Real Madrid during its time in the United States.</p>
<p>On Friday, July 22, Juventus kicks off the summer fun for these clubs against Chivas in Las Vegas. The following Tuesday, July 26, famous Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, Texas, plays host to the Old lady’s clash with Barcelona. Finally, Juventus wraps up the nine-day schedule at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles against Real Madrid.</p>
<h5>Real Madrid and Barcelona in other games</h5>
<p>In addition to playing Barcelona and Juventus, Real Madrid takes on Club América on Tuesday, July 26 from Oracle Park in San Francisco. While this is a baseball field hosting a soccer game, it still represents a tie between the most successful side in the history of European soccer and the most successful side in the history of the CONCACAF Champions League and Champions’ Cup.</p>
<p>Barcelona will play a total of four games during its time in the U.S. Prior to the AEG Soccer Champions Tour, Barcelona is in Miami to play Inter Miami on Tuesday, July 19. After the pair of games against Real Madrid and Juventus, Barcelona faces another MLS side on Saturday, July 30. Barca is up in New York to play New York Red Bulls for the third time in the club’s history.</p>


There is even more soccer coming to the United States this summer. El Clásico tickets are on sale for Barca-Real in a Las Vegas game.

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El Clásico tickets on sale for Las Vegas game

<p></p><div><figure class="image"></figure></div>Today is the last day of Interleague baseball for this season of MLB.&nbsp; It ends coincidentally on the same day as the final of the Confederation Cup.&nbsp; As great as the Confederation Cup has been for Soccer, Interleague play&nbsp;has given baseball&nbsp;a great boost as well.<p></p>
<p>MLB scheduled its Interleague dates to start right after the finals of the NBA.&nbsp; It is a great move for baseball because it rejuvenates&nbsp;its fans and transitions sports fans by refocusing their attention from basketball to baseball.</p>
<p>MLB has begun to master its technique for giving Interleague baseball the spotlight in the crowded sports calendar and has accentuated the rarity of matchups among teams by having in-state, intra-city rivals playing&nbsp;one week and the next week having World Series rematches, as well as other oddly encounters.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Drama&nbsp;has followed baseball’s good moves.&nbsp; Anyone watching&nbsp;Interleague play in the&nbsp;last two weeks will have noticed that there has been an unbelievable amount of highlights, history and walk-off wins.&nbsp; The steroid controversies, ticket prices&nbsp;and other problems with ego-driven players that has plagued baseball does not seem to be effecting the public’s will.&nbsp; Baseball is coming through this Summer in better position than originally thought by many critics and it seems to be weathering the financial storm.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It is also no secret that MLB is working all the angles of college baseball.&nbsp; The college World Series played out tremendously this year, as its format has begun to take&nbsp;on more tradition and more recognition with each year that passes.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Make no mistake about it, Soccer is competing with baseball for the American sports fan’s dollar.&nbsp; More than any other sport, baseball is a thorn in the side of the growth and popularity of U.S. pro Soccer because it is a constant scene stealer.&nbsp; This is a reality mostly because of the timing of the seasons they play.&nbsp;</p>
<p>But, there is no doubt&nbsp;to the fact that the&nbsp;Confederation Cup has&nbsp;boosted Soccer in the consciousness of the U.S. sports fan.&nbsp; It proves the U.S. is nearing equal footing with the best in the world.&nbsp;</p>
<p>What effects will&nbsp;possibly winning Confed Cup and winning the Gold Cup&nbsp;have on recruiting new fans for the struggling professional leagues, MLS, USL and NPSL?&nbsp; Will the boost from the Confed Cup and upcoming coverage of the Gold Cup help the U.S. pro leagues with attendance in general?&nbsp;</p>
<p>Attendance should rally not only due to improved international play, but also because of hotter temperatures and better weather across the country.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Of course, if there is no improvement in attendance or television ratings, no worries.&nbsp; Soccer purists have it figured&nbsp;to be only that&nbsp;‘the public needs to have patience’ as these professional leagues develop.&nbsp; After all, they are such young leagues.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sometimes though, it seems as if&nbsp; U.S. pro Soccer can’t catch any breaks.&nbsp;&nbsp;On the heels of the success of the USMNT in the Confed Cup comes the unfortunate link of AEG, a huge part of MLS and its future, to the&nbsp;July-planned Michael Jackson concert series in England.&nbsp; What&nbsp;impact will&nbsp;Michael Jackson’s death have on AEG’s financials and what transferrence will be felt in MLS ?&nbsp;It appears certain there will be some sort of significant fallout, as AEG was&nbsp;way deep into its commitment with the King of Pop.</p>


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