Barcelona plans to return to United States with a pre‑season tour

The first team of FC Barcelona will return to the United States in the next pre‑season to undertake a tour, provided the negotiations the club is conducting are concluded. During the 2024 US tour, Pep Guardiola and Hansi Flick appeared together at a City‑Barça event, which also featured Manel Montilla Poquí.

After two summers without visiting the North American country, the club plans to return with its sights set on the West Coast. The negotiations focus on the Marketing department and will be conducted under the guidelines set by the first‑team coaching staff.

FC Barcelona was present in the United States in the summers of 2022 (East Coast, headquarters in Fort Lauderdale), 2023 (West Coast, long stay in Los Angeles) and 2024 (East Coast, Orlando and Annapolis). In 2025 and 2026 no tour of the United States was scheduled, because the football market was saturated after the 2025 club World Cups and the 2026 national team World Cup.

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History of tours in the United States

In 2025 the club undertook a tour of Asia and, in 2026, organized a pre‑season phase on European soil. The last two summers, Barcelona visited Japan and South Korea in 2025 and carried out a regular phase in England the previous summer.

Since there is no World Cup on U.S. soil, Barça deems it appropriate to reactivate first‑team tours, a strategic view for expansion in that market. Moreover, with no World Cup or Euro Championship next summer, the club will be able to have practically the entire squad from the start of pre‑season, which reassures Hansi Flick.

In 2024, Hansi Flick expressed his great satisfaction with the facilities at the Annapolis military centre. Currently, the club is negotiating the organization of the tour planned for 2027.