Crystal Palace UK Announces Second USA Tour Date

Published on June 9, 2009 under United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Crystal Palace Baltimore News Release


Baltimore MD - Crystal Palace Baltimore, the Harrisburg City Islanders and the Lancaster Barnstormers are pleased to announce that on Thursday, July 16, the City Islanders will play London's Crystal Palace FC at Lancaster's Clipper Magazine Stadium, home to the Lancaster Barnstormers Baseball Club. Kickoff will be at 7:05 p.m.

"We look forward to this great opportunity to face top-notch, international competition and expose a wider audience to our club," said City Islanders General Manager Kierstin Rowe. "We thank Crystal Palace and the Lancaster Barnstormers for working with us to make this happen."

Tickets for the match will be $12, and may be purchased through the Barnstormers' website, http://www.lancasterbarnstormers.com. Group rates are available by contacting the Lancaster Barnstormers group sales department at 717- 509-4487.

Crystal Palace Football Club, established in 1905, was a founding member of the English Premier League, today widely considered the best football league in the world. The club is currently a member of The Football League Championship (the second tier of English soccer), and plays its home matches at historic Selhurst Park in South London.

The July 16 match will be part of a week-long preseason "USA Tour" for Crystal Palace. The tour will also include a friendly on July 13 against Crystal Palace Baltimore, the organization's U.S. affiliate and one of Harrisburg's opponents in the United Soccer Leagues Second Division (USL-2). Crystal Palace Manager Neil Warnock believes that Palace UK "will be warmly met and the facilities will be good; I am totally confident about that." For more information on Crystal Palace FC, visit http://www.cpfc.co.uk.

"We're excited to play against a well established English team," said Islanders Head Coach Bill Becher. "We look forward to the challenge and hope to continue to bring international competition to the midstate."

Crystal Palace will be Harrisburg's first ever European opponent, though the Islanders have in the past played such high-level clubs as D.C. United and the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer, the Rochester Rhinos and Vancouver Whitecaps of the USL First Division, and Village United of Jamaica.

The City Islanders are currently in their sixth season in the USL Second Division, attempting to win their second championship in three years. The club plays its home games at Skyline Sports Complex on Harrisburg's City Island. The organization's youth component, the City Islanders Academy, fields 15 teams (ages 10 through 20) in the Super-Y League and offers a wide range of instructional programs throughout the area.

For more information on Crystal Palace Baltimore, go to http://www.crystalpalaceusa.com and for the Harrisburg City Islanders, visit http://www.cityislanders.com

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