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The World's Top Soccer Clubs Face off this Summer in the 2011 World Football Challenge

March 25, 2011 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release


NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (March 25, 2011) - This summer, the world's top international clubs will come to North America to compete in the 2011 World Football Challenge, one of the largest soccer events ever staged in the region. Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-flight professional soccer league in the U.S. and Canada, and CAA Sports, a division of Creative Artists Agency, the world's leading entertainment and sports agency, have partnered to host the club challenge. The World Football Challenge, which will be played July 14 through August 6, includes teams from MLS for the first time. The competing teams, schedule, format, event sponsors, and ticket information will be announced in the coming weeks. Televisa, a founding partner of the inaugural World Football Challenge, will remain involved in 2011.

"By all measures, the inaugural World Football Challenge was a big success: introducing some of the top international clubs and players to existing and new American fans of soccer, multiple sold-out matches, blue-chip sponsors, and a world-class broadcast partner in ESPN," said Michael Levine, co-head of CAA Sports. "We are thrilled to team up with our friends at Major League Soccer, who have done an incredible job elevating awareness and building enthusiasm for soccer in the U.S., to amplify the fan experience and bring some of the brightest stars and biggest teams together in the World Football Challenge."

"We are pleased to have MLS clubs compete in this summer's World Football Challenge, and our teams embrace the challenge of competing against top international opponents," said Will Wilson, MLS executive vice president. "We have worked closely with CAA Sports in the past and are proud to partner with them to produce this innovative event for soccer fans throughout the region."

In 2009, CAA Sports unveiled the first-ever World Football Challenge, which brought four of the best soccer teams in the world - Chelsea Football Club, AC Milan, FC Internazionale Milano and Club America - to the U.S. to compete in the six-city, round-robin tournament at some of the most recognized stadiums, including the Rose Bowl, the Georgia Dome, MT&T Bank Stadium, Gillette Stadium, Stanford Stadium, and Cowboys Stadium. The tournament, which played to sold-out crowds in several cities, gave soccer fans the unprecedented opportunity to see global superstars play live in the U.S. and experience first-hand the fast-paced, skillful competition that has made soccer the most popular sport in the world.

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