AC Milan will play Inter Milan in a friendly near Boston on July 26.

The match is to be staged at Gillette Stadium, home of the NFL's New England Patriots, which is just the third meeting outside Italy between the city rivals.

The U.S. tour will be a four-team tournament that includes Chelsea and Mexico's America.

AC Milan will be without David Beckham, whose loan from Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy ends at the conclusion of the Serie A in June. But AC Milan's roster includes Kaka, Ronaldinho along with Pato, Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf and Filippo Inzaghi.

Inter, closing in on its fourth straight Serie A title, is led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and coached by the flamboyant Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea, who face Liverpool in the Champions League quarterfinals next month, feature Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard andMichael Essien.

Inter opens the tournament on July 19 against America at Stanford Stadium in California. Inter then plays Chelsea two days later at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

AC Milan, a seven-time European champion, faces America on July 22 at the Georgia Dome and meets Chelsea two days later at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Chelsea and America play on July 26 in one of the first events at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium.

Chelsea, which will train in the United States for the fifth time in six years, also will play the new Seattle team on July 18. It will be preparing for the English Premier League opening in August.

AC Milan will play the Galaxy on July 19 at Carson, part of the deal that extended Beckham's loan beyond March 8.

(Xinhua News Agency March 25, 2009)