Final Up to date: February 07, 2023, 09:33 IST
Ryan Reynolds arrives previous to the English FA Cup 4th spherical match between Wrexham and Sheffield United (AP)
Wrexham is owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and competes within the Nationwide League, which is the fifth-tier of England’s soccer pyramid
Non-league Wrexham, who’ve shot to worldwide fame via a actuality tv sequence, are to play in a $1m million-dollar seven-a-side match in america, organisers mentioned on Friday.
The Welsh membership, owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, play within the fifth-tier of England’s pyramid, the Nationwide league.
The membership have gained a following in america following the success of the sequence ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ which charts the fortunes of the staff since their 2020 sale to Reynolds and McElhenney.
‘The Soccer Match’ is a winner-takes-all competitors that includes 32 groups and will likely be performed in North Carolina from June 1-4.
The competitors will embody groups organized by former United States ladies’s nationwide staff midfielder Heather O’Reilly, and former U.S. males’s nationwide staff gamers Jimmy Conrad, Clint Dempsey and DaMarcus Beasley.
One other U.Okay. primarily based non-league staff, Hashtag United, can even play within the match.
Wrexham’s staff will function membership legends and the membership have promised to spend half their prize cash on neighborhood actions ought to they triumph.
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