Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Sport: Iran's national football team gets invite from US soccer federation

Iran's national football team received an official invitation from the US soccer federation to travel for two friendly games in the United States.

The Public Relations Office of Iran's Football Federation said in a statement that the US Club Soccer La blues will host the Iranian team during their 10-day stay in the US which is expected to take place from June 23 to July 3.

It was previously reported that the US popular Los Angeles Galaxy team has asked for a friendly game with Iranians.

"We will surely play Galaxy in case of receiving an official invitation from the US soccer federation," head of the Relations Committee of IFF, Hassan Ghaffari, told reporters.