If it’s summertime it must mean the World’s Game is coming to North America.
Since 2013, the annual International Champions Cup presented by Heineken has swiftly become an institution in the global football calendar, and its fifth North American edition, announced in New York on Tuesday night, is promising to be the most ambitious yet.
Eight of the world’s greatest teams, playing in world class stadiums across North America, will contest the 2017 tournament from July 19th-30th. And with six of the last ten UEFA Champions League titles between them, it promises to be an 11 day event that animates some of the most keenly felt rivalries in world football.