The international friendly kicks off in a few hours, Chicago Fire vs. Manchester United F.C. From Soldier Field on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, here’s all the vital info and numbers for this football match.
Manchester United F.C. Roster
1 David De Gea GK
3 Patrice Evra DF
4 Phil Jones DF
5 Rio Ferdinand DF
7 Michael Owen FW
8 Anderson MF
9 Dimitar Berbatov FW
10 Wayne Rooney FW
11 Ryan Giggs MF
12 Chris Smallings DF
13 Park Ji-Sung MF
14 Javier Hernández FW
15 Nemanja Vidic DF
16 Michael Carrick MF
17 Nani MF
18 Ashley Young FW
19 Danny Welbeck FW
20 Fabio da Silva DF
21 Rafael da Silva DF
23 Jonny Evans DF
26 Gabriel Obertan MF
27 Federico Macheda FW
32 Mame Biram Diouf FW
34 Anders Lindegaard GK
35 Tom Cleverley MF
40 Ben Amos GK
50 Sam Johnstone GK
MANAGER: Sir Alex Ferguson
Chicago Fire Roster
1 Jon Conway GK
5 Cory Gibbs DF
6 Jalil Anibaba DF
7 Mike Banner DF
8 Dominic Oduro FW
9 Baggio Husdic MF
10 Sebastian Grazzini MF
11 Daniel Paladini MF
12 Logan Pause MF
13 Gonzalo Segares DF
14 Patrick Nyarko MF
15 Orr Barouch FW
16 Marco Pappa MF
19 Corben Bone MF
21 Mike Videira MF
22 Marko Maric MF
23 Josip Mikulic DF
24 Pari Pantazopoulos DF
25 Sean Johnson GK
27 Victor Pineda MF
28 Steven Kinney DF
29 Cristian Nazarit FW
30 Alec Dufty GK
32 Dasan Robinson DF
77 Bratislav Ristic MF
88 Gabriel Ferrari FW
89 Yamith Cuesta DF
99 Diego Chaves FW
HEAD COACH: Frank Klopas
Match 6 – Partido 6
July 23, 2011 – 4 p.m. CT
Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill.
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REFEREE: Terry W. Vaughn
ASSISTANT 1 (bench side): George Gansner
ASSISTANT 2 (opposite side): Eric Boria
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Michael Kennedy
HERBALIFE WORLD FOOTBALL CHALLENGE 2011
SCHEDULE
DATE MATCH SITE (RESULT)
July 13 New England Revolution vs. Manchester United Foxborough, Mass. 1:4
July 16 Manchester City vs. Club America San Francisco, Calif 2:0
July 16 LA Galaxy vs. Real Madrid Los Angeles, Calif. 1:4
July 18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Manchester City Vancouver, B.C. 1:2
July 20 Real Madrid vs. CD Guadalajara San Diego, Calif 3:0
July 23 Chicago Fire vs. Manchester United Chicago, Ill. 5 p.m.
July 23 Juventus FC vs. Sporting Clube de Portugal Toronto, Ontario 7 p.m.
July 23 Philadelphia Union vs. Real Madrid Philadelphia, Pa. 9 p.m.
July 24 LA Galaxy vs. Manchester City Carson, Calif. 4 p.m.
July 26 Club America vs. Juventus FC Flushing, N.Y. 7:30 p.m.
July 28 CD Guadalajara vs. Juventus FC Raleigh, N.C. 8 p.m.
July 30 Manchester United vs. FC Barcelona Landover, Md. 7 p.m.
Aug. 3 FC Barcelona vs. CD Guadalajara Miami, Fla. 8 p.m.
Aug. 6 FC Barcelona vs. Club América Arlington, Texas 4 p.m.
STANDINGS
PTS G W D L F A +/-
PTS JJ G P E F C +/-
Real Madrid 12 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6
Manchester City 10 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
Manchester United 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3
MLS Western Conference 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4
MLS Eastern Conference 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3
Club América 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
CD Guadalajara 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
FC Barcelona
Juventus FC
STATISTICS
13.07.2011 — Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION – MANCHESTER
UNITED 1:4 (HT/MT: 0:0)
MUFC – Michael Owen (Michael Carrick) 51
MUFC – Federico Macheda (Michael Carrick) 54
NE – Kenny Mansally (Benny Feilhaber) 56
MUFC – Federico Macheda (Rafael) 61
MUFC – Ji-Sung Park (Ryan Giggs) 80
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION: Matt Reis (Bobby
Shuttleworth 46), Chris Tierney (Darrius Barnes 46),
A.J. Soares (Otto Loewy 46), Franco Coria (Ryan
Cochrane 46), Kevin Alston (Kenny Mansally 46), Zak
Boggs, Benny Feilhaber (Ousmane Dabo 65), Shalrie
Joseph, Pat Phelan (Stephen McCarthy 46), Sainey
Nyassi (Ryan Guy 65), Rajko Lekic (Zack Schilawski 64)
MANCHESTER UNITED: Anders Lindegaard, Fabio,
Jonathan Evans, Nemanja Vidic (Rio Ferdinand 46),
Rafael, Ashley Young (Gabriel Obertan 67), Anderson
(Mame Diouf 75), Michael Carrick (Ji-Sung Park 75)
Nani (Ryan Giggs 67), Dimitar Berbatov (Federico
Macheda 46), Wayne Rooney (Michael Owen 46)
Referee: Mark Geiger
Assistant Referees: Claudio Badea, Steven Taylor
4th Official: Niko Bratsis
Attendance: 51,523
16.07.2011 – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los
Angeles, Calif.
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