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 2nd 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.
