Sept. 5 vs El Salvador @ Rio Tinto Stadium

[Stella FC]

not an official announcement from USSF, but seems pretty legit:

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11672995

[ccb1212]

not an official announcement from USSF, but seems pretty legit:

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11672995

RSL's official blog also has this info up.

http://rsltothecore.com/rslblog/?p=939

[leppercut]

not an official announcement from USSF, but seems pretty legit:

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11672995

nice, let's see if this time is for real.

[Barcasox]

it's a pretty nice stadium...hopefully we can get a Columbus-like crowd at that place

[leppercut]

it's a pretty nice stadium...hopefully we can get a Columbus-like crowd at that place

you bet.

[TrueCrew]

Good for SLC getting a qualifier, but I was thinking they'd get CR or Honduras, as those are the biggest games after Mexico, and the biggest fan bases.

Still, good for SLC, though I thought they deserved better.

Well, that's 3/5 down:

Mexico = Columbus
T&T = Nashville
El Salvador = SLC
Hondruas = ??
Costa Rica = ??

Any bets on the last two? One would have to be RFK or somewhere on the east coast, but DC can't host Honduras, that was a disaster last time.

[Cornballer]

Supposedly the Honduras match is in Chicago at Soldier Field. (http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/soccer_redcard/2009/02/its-official-chicago-will-host-world-cup-qualifier.html)

[yellowbismark]

Good for SLC getting a qualifier, but I was thinking they'd get CR or Honduras, as those are the biggest games after Mexico, and the biggest fan bases.
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El Salvador has a much bigger fanbase in the US than Costa Rica. You wouldn't be able to get a home field atmosphere anywhere in the NE or SW of the country with El Salvador.

[Adam Zebrowski]

costa rica is a far more affluent society than el salvador, so there aren't as many guest workers here...

perhaps rfk doesn't get a match..

why should they always be first in line. if it's not them, it's boston...

criminy...spread the wealth, bailout the rest of the soccer world in the usa by bypassing DC

[cleansheetbsc]

costa rica is a far more affluent society than el salvador, so there aren't as many guest workers here...

perhaps rfk doesn't get a match..

why should they always be first in line. if it's not them, it's boston...

criminy...spread the wealth, bailout the rest of the soccer world in the usa by bypassing DC

DC or Hartford.

[yellowbismark]

After losing to them at home in 2001 I would hope they don't give the Honduras game to RFK.

My ideal site for the Honduras game is Seattle. We played them there in a friendly a few years back and it was a pro-US crowd.

[Max Zorin]

My ideal site for the Honduras game is Seattle. We played them there in a friendly a few years back and it was a pro-US crowd.

Would they put down grass at Qwest? I guess that's what they did at Rice-Eccles in 2005 against CR.

[Cornballer]

More from Goff (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/02/matchnight_usa-mexico.html) As you might have read in the Chicago Tribune and Salt Lake Tribune respectively today, Soldier Field and Rio Tinto Stadium will host upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Chicago gets the June match against Honduras, SLC gets the September game with El Salvador. Sources tell the Insider that final details are being worked out for RFK Stadium in Washington to host the October match against Costa Rica.

[salvikicks]

sounds like a road trip to me ill be wearing both flags