Once the World Cup wraps up, the soccer world will start focusing on league play as the Serie A, English Premier League, La Liga and others prepare for another season starting in August. Many teams will be coming to the United States to play exhibition games and will hold events in non-traditional soccer venues.

This will be the case as Boston’s Fenway Park will host a game between Liverpool from the English Premier League and Roma from Serie A. If you’re wondering the connection for this, Boston Red Sox principal owner John Henry also owns Liverpool and he has had the Reds play Roma at Fenway once before in 2012.

The difference between this year and 2012 is that NBCSN will carry the game live in primetime on July 23. The game will air live at 7:30 p.m. with a half-hour prematch show.

For Liverpool, it begins a four-match preseason U.S. tour.

It’s a good move for NBCSN to carry the match as it will help to promote the upcoming EPL coverage. No word on who’s calling the game as of yet, but we can expect Rebecca Lowe hosting the prematch, halftime and postgame.

[NBC Sports]

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Fang celebrates the four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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