Manchester United alongside three other Premier League teams will compete in a US preseason tour across a range of cities.
The Premier League Summer Series will feature Manchester United, AFC Bournemouth, Everton and West Ham United competing in a round-robin competition to win the preseason trophy.
The series kicks off on 26 July and concludes on 3 August. It is the second edition of the Premier League Summer Series in the US after Chelsea won the first edition in 2023.
Aiming to bring a ‘Premier League matchday experience’ to US fans, the first round of fixtures will take place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey – the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final host stadium – with Everton vs. AFC Bournemouth and Manchester United vs. West Ham United.
The second round fixtures, West Ham vs. Everton and Manchester United vs. Bournemouth will take place at Soldier Field in Chicago. The final leg of the tournament will feature Bournemouth vs. West Ham and Manchester United vs. Everton at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Masters, said: “We are delighted to be bringing the Premier League Summer Series back to the US.
“We know from our previous tournament and Premier League Mornings Live events that we and our clubs have incredibly loyal and passionate fans in the US who get up early to follow their teams during the season.
“In these four clubs we have world-class players and managers who will undoubtedly give supporters a fantastic Premier League experience just before the season starts.”
In July 2023, more than 265,000 fans watched Premier League clubs compete in the first stateside tournament.
Interest in the Premier League among US audiences is significantly growing, backed by its national broadcaster NBC. The US network revealed that it broke its single most-watched game twice during the 2023/24 season, with six of the seven most-watched Premier League games on NBC history coming during that season.
This surge in Premier League interest in the US has sparked renewed conversations over the controversial idea of hosting league games in the country. This is often heavily condemned by fans within the UK, but Neil Joyce, CEO of CLV Group, spoke to Insider Sport last year on why clubs stand to make multi-millions of tapping into a potential US goldmine.
