{"id":466753,"date":"2011-07-23T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/23\/man-city%e2%80%99s-bridge-to-line-up-for-new-york-cosmos-in-scholes-testimonial\/"},"modified":"2011-07-23T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T14:03:10","slug":"man-citys-bridge-to-line-up-for-new-york-cosmos-in-scholes-testimonial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/man-citys-bridge-to-line-up-for-new-york-cosmos-in-scholes-testimonial\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City\u2019s Bridge To Line-up For New York Cosmos In Scholes Testimonial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.8988391376\">\n<div>\n<p>Brian McBride<\/p>\n<p>Fabio Cannavaro<\/p>\n<p>Sol Campbell<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>MLS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/manchester-city-0\">Manchester City<\/a><\/abbr> full-back Wayne Bridge is part of the New York Cosmos squad to play in Manchester United\u2019s Paul Scholes testimonial at Old Trafford on August 5th.<\/p>\n<p>The Cosmos currently only exist to play exhibition matches as they attempt to secure an <abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/mls\">MLS<\/a><\/abbr> franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Cantona will manage the Cosmos against his old club and will be joined by newly-installed City coaching ambassador Patrick Vieira in a squad that also includes three former <abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/manchester-united-0\">Manchester United<\/a><\/abbr> players in Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Dwight Yorke.<\/p>\n<p>New York Cosmos squad: Brad Friedel, Gary Neville, Wayne Bridge, Patrick Vieira, <abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/italian-serie-a\/juventus\/fabio-cannavaro\">Fabio Cannavaro<\/a><\/abbr>, <abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/arsenal\/sol-campbell\">Sol Campbell<\/a><\/abbr>, Robert Pires, Nicky Butt, Dwight Yorke, Robbie Keane, Michel Salgado, Chad Calderone*, Ibrahim Diaby*, Yanik Reyering*, Stefan Dimitrov*, Dane Murphy*, Marvin Iraheta*, Moriken Sangary*, <abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/mls\/chicago-fire\/brian-mcbride-0\">Brian McBride<\/a><\/abbr>, Armando Gaitan*, Dawyne Smith*.<\/p>\n<p>* denotes Cosmos Under-23 player.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/manchester-city\">It\u2019s kicking off again! Click here for your No1 source for Manchester City transfer market news and gossip.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/manchester-united\">It\u2019s kicking off again! Click here for your No1 source for Manchester United transfer market news and gossip.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/man-city\u2019s-bridge-to-line-up-for-new-york-cosmos-in-scholes-testimonial\/\" title=\"Man City\u2019s Bridge To Line-up For New York Cosmos In Scholes Testimonial\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man City\u2019s Bridge To Line-up For New York Cosmos In Scholes Testimonial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Brian McBride Fabio Cannavaro Sol Campbell Manchester City Manchester United MLS Manchester City full-back Wayne Bridge is part of the New York Cosmos squad to play in Manchester United\u2019s Paul Scholes testimonial at Old Trafford on August 5th. The Cosmos currently only exist to play exhibition matches as they attempt to secure an MLS franchise. Eric Cantona will manage the Cosmos against his old club and will be joined by newly-installed City coaching ambassador Patrick Vieira in a squad that also includes three former Manchester United players in Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Dwight Yorke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man City\u2019s Bridge To Line-up For New York Cosmos In Scholes Testimonial - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/man-citys-bridge-to-line-up-for-new-york-cosmos-in-scholes-testimonial\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Man City\u2019s Bridge To Line-up For New York Cosmos In Scholes Testimonial - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Brian McBride Fabio Cannavaro Sol Campbell Manchester City Manchester United MLS Manchester City full-back Wayne Bridge is part of the New York Cosmos squad to play in Manchester United\u2019s Paul Scholes testimonial at Old Trafford on August 5th. 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