Throwback-Flashback: FC Barcelona

Once more, this series hasn’t been updated in a while but to commemorate the upcoming the match between Madrid and Barcelona, posting select material from the vault.

The games are both from 2009 (with the old Bay Soccer site) and 2015 (for FootySF).  Photos by Nap Badillo

Previous Throwback-Flashback blurbs:

FC Barcelona

Real Madrid

Chelsea FC

USA WNT

Manchester City FC

SF Deltas

Arsenal

Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United FC

USA MNT

Everton FC

 

 

 

International Champions Cup 2018

Tuesday the International Champions Cup game at Levi’s Stadium was announced.  On Saturday August 4 at 5pm AC Milan and Barcelona will meet at the home of the NFL San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara.

The teams are no strangers to the field, as the Italian club has played against English club Liverpool in 2016, while the Spanish/Catalonian team played in 2015 against Manchester United, who will return as well to play against the San Jose Earthquakes days earlier on July 22.

Right now fans can sign up at http://www.internationalchampionscup.com/ before the general public ticket sales begin on May 1.  This match is expected to attract a capacity crowd at the Bay Area’s premier venue.

Some highlights of AC Milan and Barcelona when they last played at Levi’s Stadium…

 

Levi’s Stadium 2016 ICC – this will be the 4th year the home of the NFL San Francisco 49ers have hosted a match.
AC Milan played against Liverpool in the 2016 ICC
Barcelona has visited the Bay Area twice – here at the 2015 ICC against Manchester United at Levi’s Stadium and in 2009 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco against Chivas of Guadalajara, Mexico

Taken by Nap Badillo for FootySF.  3pointsport will provide coverage of that game, continuing the tradition of the local soccer scene in the San Francisco Bay Area.