Juventus North-American Tour 2011

UPDATE: For JuventiKnows.com’s exclusive coverage of Juve’s North-American Tour, including match reviews, paparazzi photos, and stalker videos, click here.

Continuing the European trend of bringing quality football where it’s most needed (*cough* MLS *cough*) as well truckloads of money into club coffers (judging by ticket prices), Juventus’s American tour officially started a few days ago. The Bianconeri will spend 9 intense days consisting of training sessions, games, and special events between the U.S.A. and Canada, including three high-profile friendly matches vs. Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon (Toronto, Canada) and Mexican clubs Club América (NYC) and Chivas Guadalajara (Raleigh, NC).

If you’re lucky enough to be living on the East coast, do seize the opportunity to go say hello and show your love to Del Piero & friends. I have a feeling THIS is a Juventus tour that deserves your hard-earned money (ticket prices range from $40 to $400), very much unlike the one last year (which coincidentally also stopped in New York and Toronto, but with very disappointing results for everyone ON and OFF the field).

Oh by the way: if you’re in Toronto area, make sure you hook up with other fellow Juventini for a pre-game beer!! Details set up by Aaron here.

Follow the Tour on Juventus.com

Do you like that beautiful Brooklyn-by-night image with the Juventus logo? It’s just one of the many wallpapers specifically designed for the American tour by Juventus.com. Indeed, on Juventus’ official website a new section has been specifically opened for our lads’ overseas adventures (complete in both English and Italian). The section’s appropriately called “Tour 2011”, and can be accessed from the left-hand menu “On the Pitch” (“In campo” in the Italian version).

For all the latest news and information about the tour (including plans, matches, and initiatives) make sure to pay them a visit. And get yourself these very cool wallpapers!

TOUR DETAILS

Here’s some Tour details, taken from the Juventus.com website:

The Players

Here’s the official list of all the players traveling to North America:

Among those who did NOT board the flight to Philly, we essentially find all the rejects… ehm, transfer-listed players Juve wants to get rid of. Boy, thank God Tiago’s finally fu#*@!! gone.

Remaining in Turin to play Briscola with the magazziniere:

Tour Schedule

All times (except departure & arrival in Italy) are local time


19 July 2011

- 01.00 pm	“Departure Team depart for Philadelphia from Torino Caselle airport.”
- 04.00 pm	“LANDING AT PHILADELPHIA Land at Philadelphia International Airport and transfer to: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL PHILADELPHIA One Logan Square 19103 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States”
- 05.30 pm	“TRANSFER TO TRAINING CENTRE Transfer to training centre NOVACARE COMPLEX One NovaCare Way 19145 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States”
- 06.30 pm	“TRAINING First training session of the tour”

20 July 2011

- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””
- 5:30 pm	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””

21 July 2011

- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””
- 5:30 pm	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””

22 July 2011

- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””
- 5:30 pm	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex” Transfer to Philadelphia International Airport following training”
- 08.00 pm (TBC)	“DEPARTURE Departure for Toronto (Canada)”
- 09.30 pm (TBC)	“LANDING Land at Toronto Pearson International and transfer to: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL TORONTO 21 Avenue Road M5R 2G1 Toronto, Ontario Canada”

23 July 2011

- 9:30 am	“ARRIVAL AT THE STADIUM Transfer to the stadium BMO FIELD 170 Princes’ Boulevard M6K 3C3 Toronto, Ontario Canada”
- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training at the “BMO Field” stadium, return to hotel at the end of the session”
- 07.00 pm	MATCH Juventus vs. Sporting Lisbon UPDATE: [MATCH REPORT] Transfer to Toronto Pearson International following the game
- 10.30 pm (TBC)	“DEPARTURE Departure for Philadelphia”
- 00.00 am (TBC)	“ARRIVAL Land al Philadelphia International Airport and transfer to “Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia” ”

24 July 2011

- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””
- 5:30 pm	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””

25 July 2011

- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex””
- 4:00 pm	“TRAINING Training at “NovaCare Complex” Transfer to Philadelphia railway station following the session (Philadelphia, PA – 30th Street Station)”
- 6.30 pm (TBC)	“DEPARTURE Departure for New York (United States)”
- 07.30 pm (TBC)	“ARRIVAL Arrival at “Pennsylvania Station” in New York and transfer to: THE NEW YORK PALACE 455 Madison Avenue 10022 New York United States”

26 July 2011

- 9:30 am	“TRANSFER Departure for Central Park”
- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training in Central Park Return to hotel at the end of the session”
- 08.00 pm	MATCH “Citi Field” stadium Juventus vs. Club América UPDATE: [MATCH REPORT] Transfer to airport following the game La Guardia in New York
- 11.00 pm (TBC)	“DEPARTURE Departure for Raleigh (NC, USA)”
- 00.30 ca. (TBC)	“ARRIVAL Land at Raleigh- Durham International Airport and transfer to: THE UMSTEAD HOTEL AND SPA 100 Woodland Pond Drive 27513 Cary, North Carolina United States”

27 July 2011

- 4:30 pm	“TRANSFER Departure for training ground: WAKEMED SOCCER PARK 201 Soccer Park Drive 27511 Cary, North Carolina United States”
- 5:30 pm	“TRAINING Training at “WakeMed Soccer Park” ”

28 July 2011

- 10:30 am	“TRAINING Training at “WakeMed Soccer Park” ”
- 08.00 pm	MATCH “Carter- Finley” stadium Juventus vs. Chivas Guadalajara UPDATE: [MATCH REPORT] Transfer to Raleigh- Durham International Airport following the game
- 11.30 pm	“DEPARTURE Departure for Torino”

Tickets

If you’re looking for tickets, we don’t have a particular Ticket Sale service we recommend. However a Google-search for “Juventus Sporting tickets”, “Juventus Club America tickets”, etc. should yield quite positive results.

To all the lucky bastards who are attending, ENJOY!

Oh and last but not least…

How YOU can contribute!

Make sure to visit the Black&White America section. Juventus.com is holding an art contest (details below) for which our very own Mike DG is submitting one of his masterpieces!