Newcastle United & Aston Villa end Premier League in Philadelphia with Draw

Philadelphia: Whenever your city is selected to host international soccer, it’s a good way to show off why your city is passionate about the teams it supports. On Sunday night, it would be Newcastle United  against Aston Villa from Lincoln Financial Field – part of the Premier League Summer Series.

Lineups:

How the game went:

Early in the first half, Aston Viilla would bring the fight to Newcastle by scoring 2 goals for the early 2-0 lead. The goals were scored by Ollie Watkins &  Emiliano Buendía. Later in the half, Newcastle would wake up and make the changes needed; they would respond with 2 straight goals from Elliot Anderson & Alexander Isak which would even things up going into halftime.

Aston Villa would strike early to begin the 2^nd half for a 3-2 lead on the 2nd goal of the game from Emiliano Buendía. 12 minutes later, Newcastle responded on a goal from Callum Wilson, which got the game tied at 3.

A crowd of 40,230 would see a very exciting game as this game would be played to a 3-3 draw.

Newcastle United Players Anthony Gordon & Fabian Schär would open up about playing this game in Philadelphia:

Overall, the three Premier League Summer Series games that were held at Lincoln Financial Field drew an attendance of 105,460.

What is next:

This weekend with the Premier League showed that Philadelphia is ready as one of the 16 cities for the 2026 World Cup.