Impact Soccer

TORONTO - Liverpool and Porto will come to SkyDome to play an
exhibition soccer game the day before a scheduled friendly between
Glasgow Celtic and AS Roma as part of this summer's ChampionsWorld
Series.
The Canadian Soccer Association, which will sanction the July 30
and 31 matches, and ChampionsWorld officially confirmed the second
match Monday.
"We look forward to both the Celtic versus Roma match and at the
same time, we are also delighted that a second match between
European giants Liverpool FC of England versus FC Porto of Portugal
has also been added to the weekend agenda," Kevan Pipe, chief
operating officer of the CSA, said in a release.
The 11-game tour, which runs from July 24 to Aug. 3, also
includes stops in Chicago, East Rutherford, N.J., East Hartford,
Conn., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Seattle.
Porto, who won the Portuguese title this season and is in the
Champions League final, will also play Turkish side Galatasaray at
Giants Stadium in East Rutherford on Aug. 1.
Liverpool is also scheduled to play Celtic in East Hartford on
July 26 and Roma on Aug. 3 in East Rutherford. The Premier League
side, home to England star striker Michael Owen, finished fourth
after an up-and-down season in England.
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