World Cup in Philly: Ivory Coast to play Union II in Chester

World Cup in Philly: Ivory Coast to play Union II in Chester

Love Philly? So do we. Let’s be friends. Sign up for the Billy Penn newsletter today. The Ivory Coast national football team (yes, soccer team for us Americans) will soon be setting up its base camp at Chester’s Subaru Park for the FIFA World Cup. As a tune-up ahead of the tournament, they’ll play the Philadelphia Union’s second team Monday night. Philly’s Major League Soccer team announced Wednesday that Côte d’Ivoire — also nicknamed “Les Élép…

Ivory Coast Just Beat France in France, Now the Competition Gets Tougher Against the Union's Second Team

The Ivory Coast national team travels to the Philadelphia region this weekend ahead of their World Cup opener on June 14th at “Philadelphia Stadium,” which is Lincoln Financial Field sans corporate name. That’s FIFA policy. They don’t allow corporate branding if they aren’t partnered with the sponsors themselves. Anyway, the Ivorians just beat France in a warmup game in Nantes: AMAD DIALLO AND IVORY COAST SPOIL FRANCE'S WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS p…