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The USA Men’s Eagles will play three home test matches in the summer of 2024. The USA will have home matches in July against Romania and Scotland and in August against Canada. The first two will be part of the mid-year or July Internationals while the North American battle will be a Pacific Nations Cup fixture and, soon to be confirmed, Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifier.
The USA will face Romania at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicago on the 4th of July. It is a rematch from last summer. With a 31-17 win in Bucharest, Romania the Eagles showed how they were missed from Rugby World Cup 2023.
Romania and the USA now compete for the Pershing Cup. It is named after US Army General John J. Pershing who organized the Inter-Allied Games, a multi-sport event from Paris in 1919. The 2024 match will mark 100 years since the 1924 meeting a the Paris Olympic Games. The USA famously won Gold in Paris 1924.
The 2024 match in Chicago will be the eleventh meeting between the USA and Romania. The USA have a 7-2 overall winning record. Romania’s first win was 27-25 in Dublin, Ireland as part of Rugby World Cup 1999. The other Romanian triumph was 23-10 in Bucharest in 2016.
The USA’s second match in 2024 will be against Scotland. Taking place at Audi Field in Washington, DC it is the first meeting between the countries since the Eagles’ historic 30-29 upset win over Scotland in Houston, Texas in 2018.
The Eagles’ match against Scotland will be the toughest of the three home matches for Scott Lawrence’s team. Scotland is presently ranked 6th in the world. The USA is 17th, Romania is 20th and Canada is 21st.
The match against Canada will be played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, August 31. It is to be a second round match in the Pacific Nations Cup. Canada play host to Japan in Vancouver on August 25 in the first round. The USA’s match against Japan will be in Saitama on September 07.
USA MEN’S EAGLES – HOME MATCHES 2024
Thu, July 04 
vs 
(Chicago, Illinois)
Fri, July 12 vs
(Washington, DC)
Sat, Aug 31 vs
(Los Angeles, California)
