Arsenal have confirmed that they will travel to the USA as part of their pre-season preparations for the 2016/17 season.
We’ll play the 2016 MLS AT&T All-Stars in San Jose on July 28 before facing Chivas de Guadalajara at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles on Sunday on July 31.
A video to promote the tour – posted on Twitter – features Kaka, Thierry Henry, Bradley Wright-Phillips and a fuck ton of bad acting from the Arsenal squad.
Speaking about the matches, Arsene Wenger said: “Pre-season is a critically important time for us and we are delighted to be going to San Jose and Los Angeles to participate in the 2016 MLS All-Star game and to play Chivas.
“We have tremendous support across America and enjoyed our visit to New York in the summer of 2014 when we played the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena. We look forward to giving our US fans the chance to see the team play live.”
In the summer of 2014, Arsenal played New York Red Bulls, going down 1-0 to a goal scored by Ian Wright’s son, Bradley Wright-Phillips. I was at that game. It wasn’t very good, but that whole weekend with Arsenal in town and Gooners from all over the states in attendance was massive fun.
Now, do you know the way to San Jose? I’ve got lots of friends in San Jose.
OH ES AY!
The Onited States of America?
Its gunna be fucKim Wilde. The kids in America
Bould in the USA
American Per
Top Gunnersaurus
I’ll give you 7/10 for effort, made me chuckle.
ha – that made me think of Kim Kallstrom. How fucking weird was all that?!
Why are we not playing at cowboy stan’s ranch?
I bet he’s waiting until his LA palace is done in 2019.
We would get lost…
Looking forward to a two-hour flight to see the team instead of an eight-hour flight. Lots of Gooners on this side of the Atlantic to show the squad some hospitality.
As a fellow Front Range Gooner wasn’t that grand on Sunday? Arsenal winning then the Broncos winning. Now all our London boys have to do is match the Broncos for the title.
Absolutely! It seems greedy, but if both of my teams could win their respective championships in the same year, that would be awesome.
Unfortunately I fear that Jamie Vardy will be better at getting on the end of passes than Carolina’s receivers.
Great for the city, Uche.
I am sad that this years MLS All-Star game was here against Tottenham, and next year’s is against The Mighty Gunners in San Jose. San Jose!!! 🙁
I hope that many of us get a chance to get tix either for MLS All-Stars or Chivas. I’m thinking it might be an easier find to get one of those in LA against the Goats of Guadalajara.
(Uche, short for Uchegbu?)
Cheers.
How and where does one get information about tickets ?
Tickets are up first to San Jose season ticket holders, then a general lottery in April. Arsenal ticket holders may have access sooner than that
Arsenal Canada will be arranging for an allotment of tickets, much as they did in New York in 2014. Probably be in the neighbourhood of 300-400 tickets.
Wish I could go, but they’ve picked the one weekend in the entire summer when I’m committed to other stuff. Crap.
I also wish they’d put these games in much bigger stadiums than the 20,000 to 25,000 shoeboxes they’re currently using. I’m sure they could easily sell out the Rose Bowl, at 105,000 seats. All that happens with the small venues is that resellers make a fortune.
This is fuckin’ excellent!
I missed the game when Arsenal played in New York. But this time around, I’ll be traveling from Atlanta to LA for sure.
what whyyyy? go to london to watch an actual game. why spend so much money for a youth/reserve game?
Because going from Georgia to California is still way way cheaper than flying to London? That would be my reason.
Excellent! I’ll be there! Fiancee’s birthday too, so a great day all round!
Be great to see the mighty kaka
I see it every morning round about 8:15.
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Ha ha. Nice one!.
Anyone know how and when tickets can be bought?
Will Donald Trump come to watch us play?
Just imagine if he becomes President. He may not let Özil and Elneny enter USA.
Can’t believe that man won a primary.
How can sane people support him.
Scary.
Trump has no chance here. He’s liked by only a third of one party’s supporters. He’s essentially Marie LePen in the US. Scary, but more of a media creation than anything. Kind of like the possibility of Spuds finishing above us.
great comment in every way
They don’t!
A single primary means nothing really. super Tuesday is a better indicator of a candidate’s potential than NH or Iowa, which have relatively small populations and matter little for the delegates which go to the respective conventions- they’re just a tradition for primary voting and caucuses.
The key word here is Sane. Actually it may not even be that as much as ‘not ignorant’. And here’s the reality- nothing earth shattering to many, but we in the US of A have a surprising number of folk who take true pride in being and staying ignorant. The saddest part is this includes many who actually choose to posture themselves that way because of whatever anger it is that vents their frustration or conveniently serves their purpose. Now for perspective keep in mind there are bigoted lunatics in every nation on this marble, and for better or worse… Read more »
Some people support Hillary and his husband Bill. That is also terrifying
That video is the worst and best thing I have ever seen
Arsenal recognizes Western coast of USA—you heard it here first. A trip down to San Jose from Canada in the peak of summer sounds bloody lovely though.
I grew up in the Bay Area and can’t wait to go back! SJ in July may be miserably hot but whatever, can’t wait to see the Gunners!!!!!!
Going to be in the bay area in the summer, desperate to go for this!
enjoy it while it lasts. Lucky b*****
Waiting my turn to see the Gunners in Uganda in the summer of 2040
FINALLY! Hope they field a strong side at StubHub. Jack Wilshire Blvd
Someone is going to HAVE to modify one of the signs along that road …
Brilliant!
Got excited at the article, but alas us east coasters will have to wait… I didn’t get to go to NY for the last one.
Love the video, nice subtle do at the spuds too!
*dig
So 2 visits to the US now, and both to cities I absolutely hate visiting…
I still maintain that denver is a better location for a visit, especially since Kroenke already owns a football team and stadium here.
New York is by far the greatest city the US has ever seen! (You know the tune.)
the username should explain my excitement at this news 😀
Finally Stan Kroenke can come and watch our game
Didn’t Wilshire get injured in the game against the Red Bulls in 2014?
No where near me, or I would surely travel.
Loved the sp*rs shade in the advert.
I feel like my username helped them come to this decision
Nacho Montreal?
Fuck, wrong country
But Joel CAMPBELL is in San Jose…..
And a Theo WALCOTT way, and Isaac HAYDEN Drive..
Must be a Sanchez something there as well….
live 10 minutes from the stadium if its the one I am thinking of, so stoked! not a great capacity, why not the Levis stadium where the superbowl was?
But Avaya is a much better stadium to watch Association Football in! Levi’s is rather blah.
Yeah but 20k capacity vs 80k! I wouldn’t consider top two tires but still bottom 2 should be 40k!
Last I heard there were somewhere over 300,000 ticket requests for the game in New York. Given that level of interest, I simply can’t understand why they’d play the game in that tiny little stadium when there’s one four times the size just three miles away. I don’t understand the use of Stubhub either, 25K vs. 105K capacity. And Stubhub’s not a very nice stadium, there’s nothing nearby, no pubs, no restaurants, just benches for seats for the most part. Ugh!
* 25K vs. 105K capacity FOR THE ROSE BOWL.
Helps if I type the whole sentence, not just half of it.
Well as a Quakes season ticket holder I’ll get first dibs—no lottery (though I still signed up and ticked the “sit in Arsenal section”!
p.a. Hey Blogs, how did you manage to post the video on Twitter, before even @quakes74 got theirs off?
I live in Santa Clara, Arsenal fan since 79, moved to CA in 98, fingers crossed for the lottery!
Where can you find the lottery?
Can you buy two extra for my son and I to travel out from Denver? 🙂 🙂 🙂
This absolutely made my day! It’s a 45 minute drive from my house, depending on which stadium they play the match- the 18K seat home of the MSL’s San Jose Earthquakes, or the 70K seat Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Only a pre-season tour match, but hopefully we can welcome them as EPL Champions (and perhaps cup winners as well). The MLS Allstar game featured the Sp*ds a few years ago, and sweet baby Jaysus that was hard to take.
FYI- I saw (from a distance) the BFG last June in Oakland for the NBA Championship.
They should consider movIng this to Stanford, which can seat about 60K.
SJ’s new stadium is just too small for something like this.
Certainly fill it I reckon!
I can hear the chant now…. “Arsene Wenger, knows how to party…”
Since leaving London 27 years ago I’ve been waiting for this. 27 years. And finally they are coming to visit me.
When I first arrived in California I was amazed by two things concerning sah-ker (futbol). The number and quality of co-ed leagues. And the number of youth teams calling themselves Arsenal and donning the classic red & white shirts. It seemed like an opportunity was being missed you the club to capitalize on all this during the nineties and naughties.
Better late than never. And Mr ArseBlog you are more than welcome to stay with us in L.A.
Wenger’s acting though, impeccable!
So what kind of transfer hoodoo can we trump up from the players that didn’t show up in the video?
Massive untapped market for The Arsenal with plenty of dosh to spend.
Surprise the club did not do this two pre-seasons earlier.
The game is growing and the facilities are exceptionally good.
Should consider setting up a couple of proper football schools (not the piddly ones advertised) to genuinely cull talent from the Americas (not based on financial ability to pay high fees alone)
Could be a good catchment point for CONCACAF talent considering joe Campbell (remember people saying Dick Law was wasting his time?) and Zelalem.
Can all the players go? Or do some have criminal records in the last few years?
Get the BAR (train from San Francisco) it’ll take about 30-40 mins and you’ll be in San Jose
Would love to fly down from the west coast of Canada, but given the small venues, I’m not optimistic about my chances of getting tickets.
Would really love them to come to Seattle since I’m there quite often.