Liverpool add extra date to 2024 preseason US Tour

Liverpool have another date circled in their preseason. The club announced a friendly against LaLiga side Betis as part of a mini-tour of the United States this summer. The Reds return to the US for the first time in five years, with the aim of preparing the squad for the new season - one which they will head into with a new manager at the helm.

The Reds kickstart their US tour against Betis at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Friday 26 July with kick-off scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EDT / 4:30 p.m. PDT.

Betis CEO Ramón Alarcón, said, “There’ no doubt this is a particularly exciting game for us for several reasons. Firstly, because it will give us the chance to gauge our level against one of the top teams in the world but also because playing Liverpool brings back so many memories of our debut in the Champions League and the great atmosphere we encountered both at the Benito Villamarín and Anfield. We are clubs with similar values and both boast a large fanbase - supporters who feel passionately about their teams. It’s wonderful that we will be meeting again in Pittsburgh”.

1982: Mission in Marbella

This will be Liverpool’s fourth encounter with the Seville-based outfit. The two teams first came face to face in the semi-final of the IV Trofeo Ciudad de Marbella on 14 August 1982. Wearing their iconic Crown Paints kit, Liverpool beat the Verdiblancos 0-2 at Estadio Municipal de Marbella with goals from Kenny Dalglish and David Hodgson. Málaga would later deny Paisley’s team the trophy, winning the shootout 4-2 after the final ended 1-1 (Fer Rodríguez ‘7 and Alan Kennedy ‘67).

Liverpool and Betis were drawn together in the 2005/6 Champions League group stage with the Spanish club handed a baptism of fire by meeting the champions in matchday 1 in the tournament debut. Pongolle lobbed Antonio Doblas to put the visitors ahead on two minutes and Luis García added another 10 minutes later. Arzu pulled one back for the hosts after the break as it ended 1-2. The return fixture at Anfield on matchday 5 failed to produce any goals with Crouch and Morientes fluffing a handful of chances.

Details of Liverpool’s 2024 US tour

Getting back to this summer’s tour dates, after meeting Betis, Liverpool have two games in the Rivals in Red 2024 USA tour. First up are Arsenal at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Wednesday 31 July which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. EDT / 4:30 p.m. PDT. That is followed by a clash against Manchester United at the 77,559-seater Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday 3 August. Tickets for both of those games sold out a while ago.

Whoever ends up taking over from Klopp will have a number of players out on duty at either Euro 2024 (14 June-14 July) or the Copa América (20 June-14 July) so the likes of Alisson Becker, Mac Allister, Darwin Núñez, Luis Díaz, Andy Robertson, Konaté, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Cody Gakpo etc. could be reporting back for duty after the US tour dates.

Tickets for the Betis game will go on general sale from Thursday 11 April from 9 a.m. EDT/ 6 a.m. PDT through Ticketmaster.