In terms of a preseason friendly, this might be as high profile as it gets for Liverpool FC. They’re playing in New York City, “the capital of the world,” at the home of the “Bronx Bombers,” the New York Yankees, one of the biggest and best brands in all of sports.
The Reds are also taking on Wrexham AFC, a club literally owned by Hollywood movie stars, with their own reality show on a major streaming service. It’s time for LFC to have an “empire state of mind” here, because “these lights will inspire you.”
2026 Liverpool USA Preseason Tour
July 25, Sunderland, Geodis Park, Nashville, TN, 5pm local, 11pm BST
July 29, Wrexham, Yankee Stadium, New York, NY, 7:30 local, 12:30 BST
Aug 2, Leeds United, Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, 3pm local, 9pm BST
Liverpool vs Wrexham AFC FYIs
When: Wed July 29, 7:30pm EST
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, NY
Home of the 27-time World Series champion New York Yankees
Liverpool Team News: go here
Watch: ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and on Liverpool’s streaming service as well
Andoni Iraola on the importance of the Dominik Szoboszlai to the team: Read more about that here
Liverpool Long-term Injured Updates: Jayden Danns, Wataru Endo, Stefan Bajcetic Hugo Ekitike, Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni
So without any further ado, let’s try and predict who Reds boss Andoni Iraola could pick for his starting XI for the midweek friendly in the big apple.
Liverpool FC Predicted Starting XI vs Wrexham AFC
Giorgi Mamardashvili; Jeremie Frimpong, Talla Ndiaye, Curtis Jones, Milos Kerkez; James McConnell, Dominic Szoboszlai; Trey Nyoni, Harvey Elliott, Rio Ngumoha; Will Wright
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