AC Milan, Real Madrid Square Off In Yankee Stadium

AC Milan and Real Madrid do battle on Wednesday at venerable Yankee Stadium.

World Football Challenge 2012: Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea Tie At Yankee Stadium, 1-1

A near-capacity crowd gathered at Yankee Stadium to watch Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea play to a 1-1 tie Sunday night as part of the 2012 World Football Challenge. Nene scored in the 31st minute, giving PSG a 1-0 lead that would last all the way until the 82nd minute, when Lucas Piazon broke loose in front of the goal and scored the equalizer to the bottom left corner of the net.

Chelsea possessed the ball 56 percent of the time, but both teams had a roughly equal number of scoring chances. PSG put the ball on goal five times, compared to three times for the Premier League club.

Guillaume Hoarau nearly gave PSG the lead late, but he couldn't finish off a Javier Pastore miss in the 88th minute. Pastore also did a brilliant job setting up Nene for the first goal of the match. He skirted through three or four defenders to earn an open shot on goal, and Nene happened to be nearby to clean up the ricochet.

International soccer returns to Yankee Stadium on Aug. 8, when Real Madrid takes on AC Milan at 8 p.m. ET.

A view of Sunday's soccer match at Yankee Stadium (Photo courtesy of New York Yankees)

For more on the World Football Challenge and the matches being played at Yankee Stadium, stay tuned to our StoryStream.

World Football Challenge 2012: Chelsea Vs. Paris Saint-Germain At Yankee Stadium

The 2012 World Football Challenge got underway on July 18 with MLS' Seattle Sounders hosting European champions Chelsea. Chelsea won that match, 4-2, and will play their next match in the competition at Yankee Stadium on July 22.

Chelsea will face Ligue 1 runners-up Paris Saint-Germain in the third match of the World Football Challenge on Sunday. While PSG recently signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he will not be with the club for the match. However, defender Thiago Silva will be available. Two of Chelsea's signings, Marko Marin and Eden Hazard have already scored in the World Football Challenge. Both clubs could put out strong lineups on match day and provide plenty of fireworks for the Yankee Stadium crowd in the first match played at the venue. Historic seasons await both clubs as Chelsea looks to become the first team to win back-to-back European championship titles since AC Milan (1989-1990) while PSG will try to claim its first European title.

Both teams have released the rosters they will have available for the match.

Managers: Chelsea, Roberto Di Matteo; Paris Saint-Germain, Carlo Ancelotti

Game Info:

Time: 7 p.m.

Venue: Yankee Stadium

TV: Fox Soccer/Univision Deportes

Pitch Dimensions: 110 yards x 70 yards

2012 World Football Challenge Records: Chelsea 1-0-0, Paris Saint-Germain 0-0-0

Last match: Chelsea 4, Seattle Sounders 2, July 18, CenturyLink Field

Chelsea took a 2-0 lead just 11 minutes into the match on goals by Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard. The Sounders capitalized on a giveaway near the top of the penalty area in the 14th minute. Fredy Montero intercepted a lazy pass and beat Henrique Hilario to get one back for Seattle. Montero scored again a couple of minutes after the half hour mark. Marko Marin scored in the 40th minute and Lukaku finished off his brace in the 44th minute to close the scoring.

To see the full schedule of matches in the World Football Challenge, click here.

For more on the World Football Challenge and the matches which will be played at Yankee Stadium, stay tuned to our StoryStream.

World Football Challenge 2012: Yankee Stadium Conversion Underway

The process of converting the Yankee Stadium baseball diamond into a soccer pitch has begun. Yankee Stadium will be the site of two matches in the ongoing 2012 World Football Challenge, the first of which will be Sunday, June 22, when European champions Chelsea will take on Ligue 1 runners-up Paris-Saint Germain at 7 p.m. ET.

A look at the beginning of the creation of the Yankee Stadium pitch is below:

(Photo courtesy of the New York Yankees)

The second match at Yankee Stadium will pit Real Madrid against AC Milan on August 8.

You can see the layout of what the pitch will look like and the complete World Football Challenge schedule in our StoryStream.

This version of Yankee Stadium, opened in 2009, has hosted boxing and college football in addition to baseball. These will be the first soccer matches at the Stadium.

The Yankees will be on the West Coast for the next week for a total of seven games against the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. The first of those games is Thursday night.

World Football Challenge 2012: Yankee Stadium To Host Two Matches

Yankee Stadium will play host to two matches in the 2012 World Football Challenge: Chelsea vs. Paris Saint-Germain (July 22) and Real Madrid vs. AC Milan (Aug. 8).