Liverpool
FC will take part in a showpiece game against AS Roma at Fenway Park, home of
the Boston Red Sox, as part of the ballpark's 100th anniversary this summer.
The
match against the Italian giants will take place in July 25 and will form part
of Liverpool FC's North American pre-season tour presented by Standard
Chartered Bank.
Tickets
for the Boston match will go on sale on Saturday April 28 with details of how
to buy tickets available at www.lfctour.com next month.
The
Reds last travelled to North America in 2004 to play matches in Connecticut,
New Jersey and Toronto, and will return this July for a 12-day tour that will
include at least two matches.
Boston will serve as Liverpool FC's home base
throughout the tour and the team will conduct its pre-season training sessions
at the esteemed Harvard University. Details and ticket sales information for
other tour stops and venues will be announced in the near future on
www.lfctour.com.
Those
were excerpt I cut and paste from liverpoolfc.tv.
Ain't
that exciting enough for us here in Malaysia? Why not? Firstly, I envisaged
that we won't have issues pertaining to stadium tickets because the stadium
capacity in USA are not less than 40,000 each. And sometimes they have a hard
time to find a full house for their domestic Major Soccer League. The match
that involves one David Beckham is the only sure thing but based on the
statement above, the Liverpool tour doesn't include the West Coast, unless LA
Galaxy is invited to play in Boston too. So no worries about the stadium
ticket.
As
for the currency exchange, somehow US Dollar is `cheaper' for us than Pounds
Sterling. A dollar is equivalent to RM3 while a Pound is RM5. To control the cost of the
trip from Kuala Lumpur, it is better to watch the match in New Jersey
because our national carrier lands in Newark. To fly to Boston, which is the
homeground for the LFC owner, Fenway Sports Group is a bit pricey because
you'll need to catch another flight there. But I remember the city as beautiful
but extremely cold (I went there during the winter) where I was
"introduced" to not merely a snow but blizzard.
I
have never been to Canada, so I can't comment on that or recommend any. Perhaps
any of you would suggest otherwise that Canada is a better option? I suspect
the tight security check at the Canadian airport is the same with the one
practice in USA. It's not abnormal but more as a sickening experience because
any of you whose face fit the criteria of "Middle Eastern origin"
would find yourself under extra examination there.
Other
than that, USA is a great place to visit. There are many places you saw every
day in TV that excite you to do the exploration. So now, we have another reason
to go there: to watch our beloved football team Liverpool FC. Let's do some serious
thinking.
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