{"id":24377,"date":"2014-03-12T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=24377"},"modified":"2014-03-14T22:21:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T02:21:01","slug":"liverpool-as-roma-return-to-fenway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=24377","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool, AS Roma return to Fenway"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON \u2013 For the second time in the past two years English Premier League side Liverpool FC will face off against Italian Serie A club AS Roma at Fenway Park in a preseason friendly. The match is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23, almost exactly two years after AS Roma defeated Liverpool, 2-1, in front of a sold out crowd of 37,169 at the historic home of the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n

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Denmark international defender Daniel Agger is among those likely to appear for Liverpool FC in their game at Fenway park this July.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cLiverpool FC and AS Roma are two of the most highly regarded clubs in all of football, and we\u2019re thrilled to welcome them back to Boston and showcase some of the world\u2019s top talent playing the \u2018Beautiful Game\u2019 right here on the pitch at Fenway Park,\u201d said Fenway Sports Group Chairman Tom Werner in a media release. \u201cThe atmosphere at their first Fenway match was electric, and with both clubs\u2019 passionate supporters, tremendous worldwide following and strong ties to the City, the rematch is sure to be memorable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool, in the midst of their best season in recent history, currently sits in second place in the Premier League. Among their key players are England Internationals Steven Gerrard, Daniel Sturridge and Glen Johnson, Uruguay striker Luis Su\u00e1rez, Brazil midfielder Lucas, and Belgium \u2018keeper Simon Mignolet.<\/p>\n

AS Roma are also having a strong season and hold second place in Serie A. Legendary Italian midfielder Francesco Totti, current Italian international Daniele De Rossi, Brazil defender Maicon, and Ivory Coast forward Gervinho are among their better known players.<\/p>\n

Liverpool and AS Roma both have ties to the Boston Red Sox ownership. Red Sox owner John Henry took control of Liverpool in October 2010, while Fenway Sports Group partner Thomas DiBenedetto is part of AS Roma\u2019s ownership group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout its storied history, Fenway Park has hosted some of the best in athletic competition and served as a community gathering place for a diverse group of fans with a wide array of interests outside of baseball and even sports,\u201d said Fenway Sports Management President and Boston Red Sox Chief Operating Officer Sam Kennedy in a media release. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to continue this tradition by hosting two of the world\u2019s top football clubs and are thankful to Mayor Walsh and his staff for helping us hold world class events that showcase the City of Boston to audiences across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of their summer trip to America, Liverpool will also play matches in Chicago, New York and Charlotte. Roma has matches scheduled in Denver, Dallas and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Fenway match are scheduled to go on sale on Friday, May 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

European giants to face off at Fenway for second time in past two years on Wednesday, July 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[41],"tags":[642,722,1286,721],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Fenwaysoccer1.png?fit=508%2C286&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24379,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24377\/revisions\/24379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}