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Leeds United US preseason tour 2026

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Leeds United continued its 2026 U.S. pre‑season tour after a 1‑0 win over Sunderland in New Jersey on 30 July. The tour concluded on 2 August in Chicago, where Leeds faced Liverpool at Soldier Field. Liverpool, ~~managed by~~ under new manager Andoni Iraola, led 2‑0 at ~~half‑time, with~~ half‑time through Luke Chambers ~~scoring in the seventh minute~~ and Florian ~~Wirtz adding a second from a Jeremie Frimpong cross in the 40th.~~ Wirtz. In the second half Leeds, ~~under~~ coached by Daniel Farke, made four rapid substitutions and scored four times in about 25 minutes – Brenden Aaronson, Dominic Calvert‑Lewin (twice) and Sean Longstaff – to win 4‑2. The match, attended by roughly ~~49,128~~ 49,000 spectators, was Iraola’s first ~~defeat;~~ defeat and he ~~described~~ called it as the most useful ~~friendly of the tour,~~ friendly, noting ~~the strong first‑half performance but exposing~~ defensive ~~frailties on set‑pieces~~ frailties, set‑piece vulnerabilities and ~~long throws,~~ a ~~point~~ lack of squad depth, points echoed by midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. Injuries to Jeremie Frimpong, Joe Gomez and others were already affecting Liverpool’s squad depth. Pitch conditions were again questioned after an MLS game had been played on the same surface less than 24 hours earlier. The game was broadcast live on ESPN Deportes in the United States and via Liverpool’s All Red Video service in the United Kingdom. The match marked the final friendly of Liverpool’s ~~U.S. tour also featured wins over Sunderland and Wrexham before concluding with friendlies against~~ American tour; the club will next face AS Monaco and Como at ~~Anfield.~~ Anfield before opening the Premier League season at Newcastle on 23 August.

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