Road to Brazil

Road to Brazil
Country United States
Dates May 29 – June 7, 2014
Teams 10
Matches played 7
Goals scored 19 (2.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Spain David Villa
(2 goals each)

The Road to Brazil is the name of a series of international association football exhibition games that took place from May 29 to June 7, 2014 in the run up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The games have been organised by Soccer United Marketing, Major League Soccer's commercial division.[1]

Participants

Ten countries will participate in the Road to Brazil series of matches, representing four continents – Europe, Africa, North America and South America. World Cup-bound teams include the following: from Europe, defending champion Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece; representing Africa are the African Cup of Nations champion Nigeria and powerhouse Ivory Coast; El Salvador and Honduras from CONCACAF.

Bolivia, El Salvador, Israel and Turkey also participated.[2]

UEFA (5)

CONMEBOL (1)

CONCACAF (2)

CAF (2)

Schedule

Below is the schedule for the matches.[3]

Date Time (ET) Team #1 Res. Team #2 City Venue
May 29, 20148:00 PM Honduras 0–2 Turkey Washington D.C.RFK Stadium
May 30, 20148:30 PM Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Ivory Coast St. LouisEdward Jones Dome
June 1, 20149:00 PM Honduras 2–4 IsraelHoustonBBVA Compass Stadium
June 3, 20147:00 PM Greece 0–0 Nigeria ChesterPPL Park
June 4, 20149:00 PM El Salvador 1–2 Ivory Coast FriscoToyota Stadium
June 6, 20148:00 PM Greece 2–1 Bolivia HarrisonRed Bull Arena
June 7, 20144:00 PM El Salvador 0–2 Spain LandoverFedExField

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. Borg, Simon (February 4, 2014). "World Cup: Major League Soccer to organize Road to Brazil series of international tune-up matches". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. Borg, Simon (February 28, 2014). "Globe’s premier pre-World Cup soccer event". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  3. "Schedule". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
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