The Road to Brazil is 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 organized by Soccer United Marketing, Major League Soccer's commercial division.
Participants
Ten countries participated in the Road to Brazil series of matches, representing four continents – Europe, Africa, North America and South America. the teams that had qualified for the World Cup included the following: from Europe, defending champion Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece; representing Africa were 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.
UEFA (5)
CONMEBOL (1)
CONCACAF (2)
CAF (2)
Schedule Below is the schedule for the matches.
DateTime (ET) Team #1Res.Team #2CityVenueMay 29, 20148:00 PM 0–2 Washington D.C.RFK StadiumMay 30, 20148:30 PM 2–1 St. LouisEdward Jones DomeJune 1, 20149:00 PM 2–4HoustonBBVA Compass StadiumJune 3, 20147:00 PM 0–0 ChesterPPL ParkJune 4, 20149:00 PM 1–2 FriscoToyota StadiumJune 6, 20148:00 PM 2–1 HarrisonRed Bull ArenaJune 7, 20144:00 PM 0–2 LandoverFedExField
Goalscorers 2 goals
Edin Džeko Didier Drogba David Villa
1 goal
Rudy Cardozo Arturo Alvarez Kostas Katsouranis Panagiotis Kone Carlos Costly Roger Espinoza Omer Damari Eran Zahavi Gil Vermouth Gervinho Mevlüt Erdinç Caner Erkin
1 own goal
Maynor Figueroa (playing against Israel)
References