Liverpool & Wrexham to play pre-season friendly at Yankee Stadium in New York

[p]"More than ‌26 million LFC supporters live in the USA, the ‌fastest-growing fan base of any Premier League club in ‌the country, and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Reds[/a] were the most-watched team in the division there last season," Liverpool said on Wednesday.[/p][p]"It is also ‌the club's No.1 international retail market and ⁠hosts 62 Official Liverpool ‌Supporters Clubs across 32 states and International Academies across 12."[/p][embed guid="a8483c8a-4408-481d-9605-c3f67b8d8efa" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2029225606035194277" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a], ​who have been owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney since 2021 and have gained ​global attention through the Emmy Award-winning documentary Welcome to Wrexham, will first face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium ⁠on July 25.[/p][p]Following the ​Liverpool clash, they will take on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] at Philadelphia's Subaru Park on August 2.[/p][p]Wrexham, who also held US tours in 2023 and 2024, have surged from England's fifth ‌to second tier with three successive promotions, and are currently sixth in the Championship, pushing for a place in the Premier League via the playoffs.[/p][p]"We are all looking forward to returning to the US as part of our pre-season preparations," Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson said.[/p][p]"We have had terrific support on our last trips to the States, and we can't wait to see our supporters ‌out there again, while also playing against three quality ​opponents in matches that will play a key part ‌in us getting ready for the 2026/27 campaign."[/p][p]Liverpool, who are fifth in England's top flight, will make their third Yankee Stadium appearance, having previously faced Sporting in a 2-2 draw in 2019 and beaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]⁠Manchester City[/a] on penalties ⁠in 2014.[/p]