MANCHESTER UNITED
Premier League Summer Series, MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, United States, Saturday 26 July 2025, 7pm EDT (12midnight BST)
West Ham United is thrilled to be in the United States for the Premier League Summer Series 2025.
The Hammers join AFC Bournemouth, Everton and Manchester United for a four-team pre-season tournament, with double-header fixtures to be played in New Jersey, Chicago and Atlanta.
The Claret and Blue Army will have the opportunity to watch the Irons in action at three exciting venues, with West Ham’s Summer Series kicking-off against Manchester United at the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at 7pm EDT on Saturday 26 July - the venue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final.
From there, Graham Potter’s squad will head to 61,500-capacity Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, to face Everton on Wednesday 30 July, before completing an exciting hat-trick of matches by taking on AFC Bournemouth at 71,000-capacity Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, which is also a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, on Sunday 3 August.
Tickets for all three matches remain on General Sale HERE, with supporters now able to save 20% on select seats by using the code PLSS20.
For supporters who cannot be at the games in-person, NBC Sports, the Premier League’s US broadcast partner, will be the host broadcaster across NBCUniversal’s networks and Peacock. Games will be broadcast live in the UK by Sky Sports.
Fans can follow on our official digital and social channels, and via Premier League and PLinUSA channels on social media. Use #PLSummerSeries to get involved.
How to get there…
First off, if you’re not based in the Tri-State area - New Jersey, New York and Connecticut - you will obviously need to fly, drive or take public transport from wherever you live!
Situated eight miles west of midtown Manhattan, and within 30 miles of New York/New Jersey’s three international airports - Newark Liberty, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy - MetLife Stadium is easily accessible by road via the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate-95) and State Road 3.
You can book parking online for $40/vehicle HERE.
Coach USA 351 (Meadowlands Express) departs from Gates 411-415 at Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan from 1pm-4pm. Return buses from MetLife Stadium will run up to one hour after the event ends. Buy your return ticket for $18 online HERE or at the Port Authority South Wing, main floor (windows 11-15).
NJ TRANSIT Rail services from across the region converge on Frank R. Lautenberg Station at Secaucus Junction, from which shuttle services ferry supporters on the ten-minute ride to Meadowlands Sports Complex Station. Click HERE to visit the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) website for full details of how to reach MetLife Stadium on public transit.
Where to stay…
Considering there are an estimated 125,000 hotel rooms in New York City alone, not counting the other types of accommodation on offer, you will not be short of options for an overnight stay.
While MetLife Stadium is across the Hudson and Hackensack Rivers in New Jersey, you will most likely want to base yourself in New York City if you want to tick off all the well-known tourist hotspots.
The Borough of Manhattan is the location of the vast majority of those attractions, although you can travel around the city easily enough by Subway, or perhaps you would prefer to hail an iconic yellow New York City taxi!
What to do…
Well, you are certainly not going to run out of things to do, that’s for sure, as they call New York ‘The city that never sleeps’ for a reason!
The Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Empire State Building, Central Park, Broadway, Brooklyn Bridge, The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Rockefeller Centre and Metropolitan Museum of Art are all definitely worth a visit.
You can catch a show on or off-Broadway, go to a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, or simply soak up the atmosphere by strolling the streets of one of the world’s great cities.
What’s happened there before…
West Ham United have never played in New Jersey previously, but are unbeaten in seven matches played in New York.
The Hammers played on American soil for the first time in the Club’s history on 30 May 1963 at Downing Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York City's East River, drawing 3-3 with Scottish side Kilmarnock in the International Soccer League (ISL) - a competition founded by former Philadelphia Phillies baseball club owner Bill Cox to promote the sport of soccer in the United States.
For the full story of our first visit to the Big Apple, click HERE.
Downing Stadium played host to three more ISL ties played in June 1963 against Mexico’s Deportivo Oro (3-1), Valenciennes of France (3-1) and Recife of Brazil (1-1), with England internationals Geoff Hurst (five) and Johnny Byrne (two) scoring the goals.
As group winners, West Ham returned in late July to face Gornik Zabrze of Poland in a two-legged final, with both games played at Downing Stadium, and won 2-1, with Byrne and Hurst again on target.
As ISL champions, West Ham returned to the US again in August 1964, with the second leg of the American Challenge Cup final against Dukla Prague of Czechoslovakia played at Downing Stadium. It ended 1-1, but Dukla had won the first leg 1-0 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Last but not least, Bobby Moore and West Ham faced Pelé’s Brazilian side Santos in an exhibition match played at Downing Stadium in September 1970. Pelé scored two goals in a 2-2 draw, with Clyde Best netting two for the Hammers. For the full story, click HERE.
