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)	Edin Džeko Didier Drogba 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)  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Greece  Israel  Spain  Turkey

CONMEBOL (1)  Bolivia

CONCACAF (2)  El Salvador  Honduras

CAF (2)  Ivory Coast  Nigeria

Schedule

Below is the schedule for the matches.^[3]

Date	Time (ET)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	City	Venue
May 29, 2014	8:00 PM	Honduras	0–2	Turkey	Washington D.C.	RFK Stadium
May 30, 2014	8:30 PM	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Ivory Coast	St. Louis	Edward Jones Dome
June 1, 2014	9:00 PM	Honduras	2–4	Israel	Houston	BBVA Compass Stadium
June 3, 2014	7:00 PM	Greece	0–0	Nigeria	Chester	PPL Park
June 4, 2014	9:00 PM	El Salvador	1–2	Ivory Coast	Frisco	Toyota Stadium
June 6, 2014	8:00 PM	Greece	2–1	Bolivia	Harrison	Red Bull Arena
June 7, 2014	4:00 PM	El Salvador	0–2	Spain	Landover	FedExField

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Edin Džeko
• Didier Drogba
• David Villa

1 goal

• Rudy Cardozo
• Arturo Alvarez
• Kostas Katsouranis
• Panagiotis Kone
• Carlos Costly
• Roger Espinoza
• Omer Damari
• Eran Zahavi
• Gil Vermouth
• Gervinho
• Mevlüt Erdinç
• Caner Erkin

1 own goal

• Maynor Figueroa (playing against Israel)

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.