National Soccer
Guatemala team confirms new friendly in the United States
This Monday, April 29, the Guatemala Soccer Federation shared that it will face its counterpart from El Salvador in Carson, California.
Guatemalan fans celebrate during a 2023 Gold Cup match. (Photo Presa Libre: AFP)
This Monday, April 29, the National Soccer Federation of Guatemala confirmed that it will play a friendly match in Carson, California, United States against the El Salvador National Team in a preparation duel after his debut in the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers.
The duel against “la selecta” will be played on Saturday, July 27 at the Dignity Health Sports Park at 7:30 p.m. in Guatemala.
This match will be the third seventh match that the national team plays this year and for now it is the last one that the Guatemalan Soccer Team has confirmed.
In the four months of 2024, Guatemala has played three friendly matches so far and lost two: 0-1 against Iceland on January 13 and 2-0 against Ecuador on March 21, while adding a 0-0 draw. against Venezuela also in March.
The calendar shows that the next game for the blue and white will be May 26 against Nicaragua at the Pay Pal Park stadium in San José, California.
If the Soccer Federation does not confirm any more games in the coming weeks, the duel against Nicaragua will be the last one before the debut of the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers.
The first match towards the 2026 World Cup will be on June 5 against Dominica and three days later, on the 8th, Guatemala will visit the British Virgin Islands.
Then, on the 14th of the same month, the bicolor will play against Lionel Messi’s Argentina at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
Later, the newly confirmed match against El Salvador would arrive on Saturday, July 27.
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