Road to Brazil

The Road to Brazil is the name of a series of international association football exhibition games that took place from May 29 to June 7, 2014 in the run up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The games have been organised by Soccer United Marketing, Major League Soccer's commercial division.[1]

Road to Brazil
CountryUnited States
DatesMay 29 – June 7, 2014
Teams10
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Edin Džeko
Didier Drogba
David Villa
(2 goals each)

Participants

Ten countries will participate in the Road to Brazil series of matches, representing four continents – Europe, Africa, North America and South America. World Cup-bound teams include the following: from Europe, defending champion Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece; representing Africa are the African Cup of Nations champion Nigeria and powerhouse Ivory Coast; El Salvador and Honduras from CONCACAF.

Bolivia, El Salvador, Israel and Turkey also participated.[2]

Schedule

Below is the schedule for the matches.[3]

Date Time (ET) Team #1 Res. Team #2 City Venue
May 29, 20148:00 PM Honduras0–2 TurkeyWashington D.C.RFK Stadium
May 30, 20148:30 PM Bosnia and Herzegovina2–1 Ivory CoastSt. LouisEdward Jones Dome
June 1, 20149:00 PM Honduras2–4 IsraelHoustonBBVA Compass Stadium
June 3, 20147:00 PM Greece0–0 NigeriaChesterPPL Park
June 4, 20149:00 PM El Salvador1–2 Ivory CoastFriscoToyota Stadium
June 6, 20148:00 PM Greece2–1 BoliviaHarrisonRed Bull Arena
June 7, 20144:00 PM El Salvador0–2 SpainLandoverFedExField

Goalscorers
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
  1. Borg, Simon (February 4, 2014). "World Cup: Major League Soccer to organize Road to Brazil series of international tune-up matches". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. Borg, Simon (February 28, 2014). "Globe's premier pre-World Cup soccer event". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  3. "Schedule". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
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