I think it was Araya. Plays for Cartigena. Apparently its a smaller poorer club, so he helps with the family business.
For my money, Arriola increased his stock. He was a pest all day long. Getting the goal was icing on the cake. If he'd had someone other than Zardes to cross to, he'd have had some assists I think.
it was a Camp Cupcake name. Few names, basically a scrimmage. Atlanta is turf. Never going to see a good game on turf
No, it's not, guy who just watched a Friendly in Phoenix in perfect weather draw less than half that attendance.
Then, I'm thinking you should revise those expectations significantly. The USA has played 24 Friendlies since our Brazil World Cup appearance in 2014. 2014: v Ecuador, 36.2K v. Honduras, 14.8K 2015 v Panama, 20.2K v Mexico, 64.3K v Guatemala, 44.8K v Peru, 28.8K v Brazil, 29.3K v Costa Rica, 9.2K 2016 v Iceland, 8.8K v Canada, 9.2K v Ecuador, 9.8K v Bolivia, 8.8K v New Zealand, 9K 2017 v Serbia, 20K v Jamaica, 17.9K v Venezuela, 17.3K v Ghana, 28.7K 2018 v Bosnia, 11.1K v Paraguay, 9.8K v Bolivia, 11.8K v Brazil, 32.9K v Mexico, 40.1K v Colombia, 38.6K v Peru, 24.9K 2019 v Panama, 9K v Costa Rica, 13.6K Now, take away all the marquee games against big South American teams and Mexico, and you're left with: 2014 v. Honduras, 14.8K 2015 v Panama, 20.2K v Guatemala, 44.8K v Costa Rica, 9.2K 2016 v Iceland, 8.8K v Canada, 9.2K v Ecuador, 9.8K v Bolivia, 8.8K v New Zealand, 9K 2017 v Serbia, 20K v Jamaica, 17.9K v Venezuela, 17.3K v Ghana, 28.7K 2018 v Bosnia, 11.1K v Paraguay, 9.8K v Bolivia, 11.8K 2019 v Panama, 9K v Costa Rica, 13.6K All of a sudden, a January Camp game against an opponent that doesn't travel, in a non-WCQ year drawing 13.6K is pretty solid. Better than 2018, 2016, and akin to 2014, a World Cup year. Sure, I'd be sad if that's what we drew in someplace like Seattle, Washington. But we outdrew Dallas, Philly (multiple times) LA (multiple times), and Kansas City.
I was there. Crowd was fine and on par for a Cupcake match as described above. More games in Nashville?
That may depend on what part of Atlanta, but yeah, our national team should draw more than that. Too many fans are just not interested in seeing our B/C team vs. their B/C team. Still, I'm glad to be seeing wins and the rise of players who show the potential to be difference makers in the not-too-distant future.
Much of the poor attendance can be attributed to US Soccer and its overpriced tickets for USMNT friendlies. Unless Atlanta soccer fans are awash in spare cash, I doubt attendance there would be much more than average. (Tried to check ticket prices for this game and upcoming game v. Ecuador in Orlando - no luck. Going off past experience.)
What were the ticket prices? My impression is that the USSF was charging a $100 or so a seat. If so, that's a pretty stiff ticket just to watch a couple of national "C" teams go at it in a friendly.
Depends on where you want to sit. I got a pair of nosebleed seats right next to the SJ Ultras drum section for $40 each, which was about the cheapest the tickets went on Ticketmaster, plus parking (IDK how much that was, I paid with card). They rapidly increased in price the closer to the field you got. 3-4 rows down from me you'd pay double. Not worth, the stadium's not big enough for you to have a bad view.
I think the number of people attending depends greatly on the amount of fans the other team has in the area. Paraguay, Costa Rica, Bolivia don't have a big expat community in the USA. Actually none of those countries has a particularly large population.