Galaxy to Play in Hong Kong
Feb. 27, 2008
The Los Angeles Galaxy announced Monday that it has added a game in
Hong Kong
to its Asian exhibition tour.
The Galaxy, and its famed midfielder David Beckham, will face the Hong Kong Union on March 9 at the 40,000-seat Hong Kong Stadium.
The tour will begin Saturday in
Seoul
,
South Korea
against FC Seoul. The second game will be played on March 5 in
Shanghai
,
China
against Shanghai-Hong Kong United.
All three games will be televised in the
United States
by the Fox Soccer Channel, the first and third live at 11:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The game against Shanghai-Hong Kong United will be shown on a delayed basis at 8 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on March 5.
Foreign tours are among the ways the Galaxy hopes to meet its goal of generating 100 million dollars a year in revenues, which would put it among the top tier of teams around the world.
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