View Full Version : Official: Foxborough gets US/Honduras (6/2) and US/El Salvador (9/4)
RobtheAggie
03 Apr 2004, 06:15 AM
http://www.laprensahn.com/deportes....&fecha=20040402
(scroll to the schedule at the bottom of the article)
Interesting, it lists them as playing Ireland a few days later. Too bad the US could not play Ireland and have a mini US Cup.
"2 de junio EUA-Honduras Washington
4 ó 5 de junio Honduras-Irlanda Washington"
Atouk
04 Apr 2004, 06:33 PM
Corrected link:
http://www.laprensahn.com/deportes.php?id=92&tabla=April_2004&fecha=20040402
Sachin
04 Apr 2004, 10:33 PM
I asked about this at RFK and was told nothing was finalized.
Sachin
sch2383
04 Apr 2004, 11:35 PM
I wonder if they will open the upper deck for this one.
BaltimoreYankFan
04 Apr 2004, 11:59 PM
Ireland is playing Holland in a confirmed friendly match(www.fai.ie) in Amsterdam on the 5th of June.
luvdagame
05 Apr 2004, 03:22 AM
"2 de junio EUA-Honduras Washington"
the return of bora!
Father Ted
05 Apr 2004, 11:15 AM
Ireland is playing Holland in a confirmed friendly match(www.fai.ie) in Amsterdam on the 5th of June.
Plus they're playing another game in Europe on May 27, so there is no Honduras-Ireland. Maybe its Northern Ireland they're playing.
Casper
05 Apr 2004, 12:41 PM
I wonder if they will open the upper deck for this one.
That's where the Hondurans are used to sitting at RFK (ducks from politically charged crossfire sure to begin shortly...)
gunner_21
08 Apr 2004, 11:50 AM
This is on a Wednesday? That sucks, not that I wanted to see Honduras.....
michael greene
09 Apr 2004, 02:41 PM
I guess El Salvador is busy that day.
I wish I could say "I can't believe the USSF would schedule that match after the qualifier" but I'd believe anything about those morons.
Let's hope this doesn't happen.
eldiablito
09 Apr 2004, 02:53 PM
I guess El Salvador is busy that day.
I wish I could say "I can't believe the USSF would schedule that match after the qualifier" but I'd believe anything about those morons.
Let's hope this doesn't happen.
Dude, a friendly is a bit different than a qualifier. Also, it would be like playing an away game but getting the financial benefit of a home game--a great thing to do when preparing for qualifiers.
michael greene
09 Apr 2004, 03:54 PM
Dude, a friendly is a bit different than a qualifier. Also, it would be like playing an away game but getting the financial benefit of a home game--a great thing to do when preparing for qualifiers.
Just once in my life I'd like to sit in RFK and watch the other team feel like it's an away game.
eldiablito
09 Apr 2004, 05:16 PM
Just once in my life I'd like to sit in RFK and watch the other team feel like it's an away game.
It felt that way when I saw the South Africa friendly at RFK. But, yes you're right, RFK shouldn't have any games unless the USSF passes it by you first.
csh2000
13 Apr 2004, 07:08 PM
My understanding was that they are playing Honduras but not at RFK - somewhere else on the East Coast. We are about 6 weeks out from June 2, so we're probably on the verge of getting an announcement pretty soon.
Atouk
13 Apr 2004, 07:29 PM
My understanding was that they are playing Honduras but not at RFK - somewhere else on the East Coast. We are about 6 weeks out from June 2, so we're probably on the verge of getting an announcement pretty soon.The last news I heard (April 4 NYT article about how an Iraq game won't likely come off soon that is now in their pay archives and the article listed at the top of this thread) was that it was likely RFK. If you have a different understanding, can you tell us from where?
Atouk
15 Apr 2004, 03:06 PM
CHICAGO (Thursday, April 15, 2004) — U.S. Soccer announced today that the U.S. Men's National Team is headed to Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium for a pair of important matches in the next five months. In the first match, the U.S. is set to meet CONCACAF foe Honduras in an international match on Wednesday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Gillette Stadium in a match to be broadcast via tape delay on Telemundo at 11:30 p.m. ET & PT.
Should the U.S. advance past Grenada, the semifinal round home opener is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 4 and would also be hosted by the three-year-old Gillette Stadium at a time to be determined.That match would be against the winner of the El Salvador/Bermuda series.
http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=58264
AndyMead
15 Apr 2004, 04:18 PM
No offense to my friends in the greater Boston/Providence area, but this is crap. How about a game in Blain, Minnesota? or Santa Fe, New Mexico? or Detroit, Michigan? or Atlanta, Georgia?
I wonder what the odds that the remaining home WCQ will be at RFK? At this rate, I'd have to think that that was a lock. Sheesh.
Atouk
15 Apr 2004, 04:22 PM
I wonder what the odds that the remaining home WCQ will be at RFK? At this rate, I'd have to think that that was a lock. Sheesh.That was the semifinal round last time -- Foxborough, DC, Columbus -- in that order. Well, Foxborough has the first one again this time and Columbus again has the last one.
ussf has to start marketing "their product" to different areas of the country.
nancyb
15 Apr 2004, 10:52 PM
No offense to my friends in the greater Boston/Providence area, but this is crap. How about a game in Blain, Minnesota? or Santa Fe, New Mexico? or Detroit, Michigan? or Atlanta, Georgia?
I wonder what the odds that the remaining home WCQ will be at RFK? At this rate, I'd have to think that that was a lock. Sheesh.
Well, if you read the US Soccer report, it's because of the amazing run of luck there (excepting that Holland thang).