FC Barcelona to Kick Off Summer Tour This Sunday Live on Fox Soccer Channel.LOS ANGELES -- The current UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Champions League and Spanish League Champions, FC Barcelona, kick off the first leg of their three-city U.S. tour this Sunday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre against Mexican League powerhouse Chivas de Guadalajara. Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes in soccer. The channel took its current name on February 7, 2005; before then, the network was known as Fox Sports World, Launched Nov. 1, 1997. will bring live coverage of the "Cingular Presents FC Barcelona on Tour USA 2006" beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET on August 6. Widely considered one of the top club teams in the world, FC Barcelona features one of the world's most impressive line-ups including reigning FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f World Player of the Year Ronaldinho (Brazil), African Player of the Year Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) and teenage standout Lionel Messi (Argentina). Recent FC Barcelona player acquisitions include Gianluca Zambrotta from 2006 World Cup champion Italy, and Lilian Thuram of World Cup finalist France. Live coverage of the tour continues on Fox Soccer Channel on Wednesday, August 9 at 10:30 p.m. ET as FC Barcelona travels to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to take on current CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Champions, Club America of the Mexican League. Both teams will also be participating in the FIFA Club World Cup this December. FC Barcelona will culminate its summer tour on Saturday, August 12 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,716. By an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 17, 1889, a portion of the old Union Township was incorporated under the name of where they will face the NY Red Bulls of Major League Soccer, live on Fox Soccer Channel at 7:30 p.m. ET.
WHAT: Cingular Presents FC Barcelona on Tour USA 2006
WHO: European Champions, FC Barcelona
WHEN: Sunday, August 6 from the LA Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles)
Live coverage begins at 9:30 p.m. ET
Wednesday, August 9 from Reliant Stadium (Houston)
Live coverage begins at 10:30 p.m. ET
Saturday, August 12 from Giants Stadium (New Jersey)
Live coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Fox Soccer Channel
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