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When is the International Champions Cup 2016 taking place in the U.S?

By Anthony Gallo

(L-R) Director of Institutional Relations for Real Madrid Emilio Butragueno, Former French football player Youri Djorkaeff, former soccer player Giovane Elber, former Dutch soccer player Edgar Davids, Gary McAllister first team coach of Liverpool, Chelsea technical coach Paulo Ferreira, head coach for Chennaiyin FC Italian Marco Materazzi, Former football player Jim Craig, Assistant coach Mauro Tassotti, and Alan Birchenall, former Leicester City player pose for a picture after attending a press conference to announce the teams, cities, venues, matchups and dates for the 2016 International Champions Cup in New York on March 22,2016. / AFP / EDUARDO MUNOZ (Photo credit should read EDUARDO MUNOZ/AFP/Getty Images)
(L-R) Director of Institutional Relations for Real Madrid Emilio Butragueno, Former French football player Youri Djorkaeff, former soccer player Giovane Elber, former Dutch soccer player Edgar Davids, Gary McAllister first team coach of Liverpool, Chelsea technical coach Paulo Ferreira, head coach for Chennaiyin FC Italian Marco Materazzi, Former football player Jim Craig, Assistant coach Mauro Tassotti, and Alan Birchenall, former Leicester City player pose for a picture after attending a press conference to announce the teams, cities, venues, matchups and dates for the 2016 International Champions Cup in New York on March 22,2016. / AFP / EDUARDO MUNOZ (Photo credit should read EDUARDO MUNOZ/AFP/Getty Images) /
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A look at when the International Champions Cup will begin in the U.S.

Every summer, some of the top European soccer teams head to the United States for the annual International Champions Cup and compete with some of the 10 best clubs from around Europe.

The same is happening this summer. The International Champions Cup has been featured in North America since 2013 and has top clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, A.C Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and many others travel all the way here to compete in a mini tournament of four games, with the team with the most points being crowned champion.

Last year, PSG took the honors and edged out MLS club New York Red Bulls. In 2014, Manchester United were crowned champions over Liverpool and Real Madrid were the inaugural winners ahead of Chelsea.

The competition will be split between games in the U.S and Europe. Scottish club Celtic and Spanish club Barcelona are the only teams that will not make the trip to the North America. This year there will be three English teams (Leicester City, Chelsea and Liverpool), two Italian clubs (A.C. Milan and Inter Milan), and one French (PSG), German (Bayern Munich) and Spanish (Real Madrid) club participating in the fourth year of the International Champions Cup.

The competition this year will begin on July 24th in a match between Inter Milan and the reigning French champions PSG in Eugene, Oregon at the Autzen Stadium, home of the University of Oregon.

It will be very interesting to see the reigning English Premier League Champions Leicester City in the flesh, as they look to retain their spot as king of English soccer. Also, the reigning Champions League winners Real Madrid will always be fun to watch.

Whenever these teams make the trip to North America, it is a great chance for them to use their younger players and veterans who wont get much playing time next season. That might not be what some fans want, as they want to see superstars like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney and so on. However, if you decide to make it to a game, you might be able to see one of those star players make a brief appearance. Ronaldo lead the competition in scoring in 2013 with three goals, Ibrahimovic and Luis Suarez were joint leaders last year, so you never know if a team will actually deploy their star players for their fans.

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Schedule:

July 24th

Inter Milan vs PSG (Eugene, Oregon) 2 p.m PST

July 27th

Real Madrid vs PSG (Columbus, Ohio) 7:30 p.m EST

Bayern Munich vs A.C. Milan (Chicago, Illinois) 8 p.m EST

Chelsea vs Liverpool (Pasadena, California) 8 p.m PST

July 30th

Real Madrid vs Chelsea  (Ann Arbor, Michigan) 3 p.m EST

Inter vs Bayern Munich  (Charlotte, North Carolina) 5 p.m EST

Liverpool vs A.C. Milan (Santa Clara, California) 7 p.m PST

PSG vs Leicester City (Carson, California) 8:30 p.m PST

August 3rd

Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid (East Rutherford, New Jersey) 7:30 p.m EST

A.C. Milan vs Chelsea (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 8 p.m CST

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