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Root Beer Floats at Town Pool Today, Rosters for Portugal-Brazil Friendly Announced

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Patriot Place Events Today

Squads  Announced for Portugal-Brazil Friendly

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Like Brazil recently, Portugal has announce their roster for their friendly against Brazil on Sept. 10 at Gillette Stadium. Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is set to join the squad along with Manchester United's Nani and Valencia's Helder Postiga.

Tickets for the friendly can be purchased at the Gillette Stadium Box Office or at Ticketmaster.

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Below is the full rosters for both teams for the match,

Portugal: 

GOALKEEPERS: Beto (Sevilla), Eduardo (SC Braga), Rui Patricio (Sporting)

DEFENDERS: Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Joao Pereira (Valencia), Pepe (Real Madrid), Luis Neto (FC Zenit), Ricardo Costa (Valencia), Antunes (Malaga CF)

MIDFIELDERS: Andre Martins (Sporting), Josue (FC Porto), Joao Moutinho (AS Monaco), Miguel Veloso (FC Dynamo KYIV), Raul Meireles (Fenerbahce), Ruben Amorim (Benfica), Ruben Micael (SC Braga)

FORWARDS: Vieirinha (VFL Wolfsburg), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Danny (FC Zenit), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas), Helder Postiga (Valencia), Nani (Manchester United)

Brazil:

GOALKEEPERS: Julio Cesar (Queens Park Rangers), Jefferson (Botafogo)

DEFENDERS: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (Roma), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Maxwell (Paris Saint-Germain), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain), David Luiz (Chelsea), Dante (Bayern Munich), Henrique (Palmeiras)

MIDFIELDERS: Fernando (Shaktar Donetsk), Hernanes (Lazio), Luiz Gustavo (Wolfsburg), Paulinho (Tottenham), Ramires (Chelsea), Oscar (Chelsea), Lucas (Paris Saint-Germain), Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk)

FORWARDS: Neymar (Barcelona), Fred (Fluminense), Hulk (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Jo (Atletico Mineiro)

Root Beer Floats at the Town Pool!

Friday afternoon at 3 p.m., the recreation department invites families down to the town pool for root beer floats and one last swim before the start of school.

Admission is $3 per person or $20.00 per family max. The event is free for pool members!

Field Hockey Car Wash

Got a dirty car? The Foxboro High School field hockey team will be holding a car wash at Town Hall on Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rain date is Sept. 1 at the same time.


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