Today, we are pleased to announce that the Chelsea Women’s team will play a pre-season game in the United States, with the Blues taking on Gotham FC in New Jersey.
Chelsea Women season ticket holders and Official Supporters Club members will have priority to purchase tickets for the match to be held at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey on Monday, August 19th (kick-off 7pm ET) You will be contacted directly regarding the pre-sale period. Jersey.
Five games for the men’s team in the United States have already been announced for the summer, and today’s significant additions will further expand Chelsea Football Club’s 2024 tour of the United States.
Newly crowned Women’s Super League Champions following an impressive 6-0 win over Manchester over the weekend, Chelsea will take on the reigning National Women’s Soccer League Champions, the New Jersey/New York Gotham FC team.
This will be the first time the English league champion will face off against the American league champion. The fact that a new head coach will be taking over the London team has also added to the interest.
The New Jersey-based club recently attracted the attention of Blues fans after becoming the new home of former goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger.
Gotham also features U.S. Women’s National Team forward Lynn Williams, who over the weekend broke the NWSL all-tournament scoring record held by our very own Sam Kerr. Another former Blue, Crystal Dunn, is also part of their roster.
Seats will go on sale to the general public on Thursday (May 23rd) at 12pm ET.
It will be the second time in three years that the Chelsea women’s team will be visiting the United States as part of their preparations for the new season, but this time they will be traveling to the East Coast instead of the West Coast. In 2022, the Blues competed in the Women’s International Champions Cup in Portland, Oregon.
