Israel’s National Soccer team will make its first New York appearance in five years tonight when it plays the New York Cosmos at the Randalla Island Stadium. The contest is the second of an eight-game U.S. tour by the Israeli eleven which began Tuesday against the Philadelphia Atoms in Philadelphia.
The Israeli footballers will play the Miami Toros in Miami, May 25; the Chicago Stings in Chicago, May 27; the American All-Stars in Los Angeles, June 1; the Dallas Tornados in Dallas, June 3; and the Cleveland Cobras in Cleveland, June 5. The final game of the tour will be played against the U.S. Olympic Soccer team June 8 at Hofstra College, New York.
The tour was arranged by the United States Soccer Federation, the Israel Soccer Federation and the United States Committee Sports for Israel. It follows the recent U.S. visit of the Israel National Basketball team and is in reciprocation for the appearance of the United States National Soccer team in Israel in November, 1973, right after the Yom Kippur War. The U.S. Olympic Soccer team trained in Israel last January.
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