Premier League Announces Summer Series In USA

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Premier League have announced a summer series in the USA involving six teams for July 2023. 

Aston Villa, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Fulham and Newcastle United have all signed up for the league’s first-ever pre-season tournament in USA, which will be held across five East Coast cities.

All six teams will play three of their rivals across nine days between 22 – 30 July ahead of the new season.

Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Masters issued the following statement alongside confirmation of this new Summer Series: “We are delighted to be bringing six clubs to the USA in July for the first-ever Premier League Summer Series.

“Our clubs have incredible supporters in the US, who passionately follow their teams throughout the season.”

Masters also acknowledged the passionate fan base across America with thousands of supporters having attended Morning Live fan events in various US cities since 2018, as he praised their “dedication” and this series will build upon that support.

The following five stadiums have been selected to host matches across the series;

  • Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia (22-23 July)
  • Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atalanta (26 July)
  • Exploria Stadium, Orlando (26 July)
  • Red Bull Arena, Jersey (28 July)
  • FedExField, Maryland (30 July)

Tickets for all matches will go on pre-sale on 25 April before being made available on general sale on 26 April, with fans available to register for the pre-sale at www.premierleague.com/SummerSeries.

NBC have been confirmed as host broadcaster in America with further broadcast details for other regions to be confirmed in due course.

Here is the Summer Series fixture schedule in full.

Match Date Time (ET)*
Chelsea v Brighton Saturday 22 July 7pm
Fulham v Brentford Sunday 23 July 4pm
Newcastle v Aston Villa Sunday 23 July 7pm
Brentford v Brighton Wednesday 26 July 5:30pm
Fulham v Aston Villa Wednesday 26 July 7pm
Chelsea v Newcastle Wednesday 26 July 8:15pm
Brighton v Newcastle Friday 28 July 7:30pm
Aston Villa v Brentford Sunday 30 July 12pm
Chelsea v Fulham Sunday 30 July 2:45pm

*Timing is local based.

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