Michail Antonio of West Ham United, which plays at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 3, 2024. Credit: Photo via Silvi Photo/Shutterstock
Premier League footballers are forced to play too many games, but this weekend, the athletes’ torture is our treasure.

While the best English side in history was in Orlando last Tuesday for a sold-out tilt against FC Barcelona, two mainstays in England’s top tier are in Tampa for a Stateside Cup match.

The one-week tournament takes place in three cities, and we get Michail Antonio (pictured) and West Ham (thrice winners of the FA Cup, and last season’s UEFA Europa Conference League champ) on the pitch against Crystal Palace, which finished seventh in Premier League last season.

Tickets to the The Stateside Cup match between West Ham United and Crystal Palace F.C. on Saturday, Aug. 3 at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium are still available and start at $17 before the exorbitant service fees.
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This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2024.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...