Soccer-Borussia Dortmund plan United States trip in summer 2023-club

Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KgaA

16/09/2022 13:59

BERLIN, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Bundesliga heavyweights Borussia
Dortmund will tour the United States next year as the club looks
to tap into the growing North American soccer market ahead of
the 2026 World Cup, the club said on Friday.
    The German club will tour southeast Asia during this year's
World Cup in Qatar with their tour running from Nov. 21 to Dec.
1 and will take in Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.
    The 2022 World Cup will be staged from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18.  
    "North America but also greater America are very important
markets for us," Dortmund managing director Carsten Cramer told
an international media roundtable. "It is a logical consequence
that we will go back to the United States next summer. 
    "We are happy we made our plans for southeast Asia this year
and the United States next year. It won't be the last time we
will go."
    The 2026 World Cup will be co-hosted by the United States,
Canada and Mexico.
    Cramer said growing social media engagement figures for
Dortmund meant there was increasing interest in the club in
North America.


 (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann
Editing by Toby Davis)
 ((karolos.grohmann@thomsonreuters.com; +491743343192;))