This is the Ticketmaster view, filtered to exclude resale tickets, so everything in blue is available. Plus, there's a high chance that the areas above the multiple rows in blue that are currently grey just haven't been opened up yet. This could change drastically from actual attendance and what we see on TV, but it sure seems like the market is voting with their wallets on this one.
As it should be. Who cares about New Zealand? Who cares about a coachless and underwhelming US? I don’t really understand why people think every game should be sold out or close to it.
I think that's the key - the opponent and team are both very underwhelming at the moment. I do think it would be good for US Soccer to use friendlies like this as an opportunity to play in new cities and hopefully build broader and/or deeper fan support. The played in San Antonio earlier this year. Louisville City can fit 15K with standing room only. A midweek friendly against New Zealand seems like a great time to put a lower profile game in a new market. (To be fair, USWNT is playing Argentina in October in Louisville.) Surely there are other cities which would do well hosting the national teams, especially for these less consequential games.
USA just played in both these cities too. USWNT played in Louisville. I know the west coast hasn't had a non gold cup game in years
I suspect that has to do with European friendly opponents probably wanting to avoid the extra travel. Also, I think Ggggg tended to not want to travel long distances between matches in international windows. Mind you, you’d think New Zealand would want to play on the west coast. And S American sides probably wouldn’t care as much.
I often am the one that posts the call-ups, and since no-one (including me) has: https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...team-roster-players-2024-september-friendlies DETAILED ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB/COUNTRY; CAPS/GOALS) GOALKEEPERS (4): Ethan Horvath (Cardiff City/WAL; 9/0), Diego Kochen (FC Barcelona II/ESP; 0/0), Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew; 1/0), Matt Turner (Crystal Palace/ENG; 44/0) DEFENDERS (8): Auston Trusty (Celtic/SCO; 2/0), Marlon Fossey (Standard Liege/BEL; 0/0), Kristoffer Lund (Palermo/ITA; 3/0), Mark McKenzie (Tolouse/FRA; 13/0), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC; 61/1), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace/ENG; 21/1), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 11/0), Caleb Wiley (Strasbourg/FRA; 2/0) MIDFIELDERS (6): Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis/ESP; 15/0), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP; 22/0), Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough/ENG; 5/0), Yunus Musah (AC Milan; ITA; 39/0), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 31/8), Malik Tillman (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 12/0) FORWARDS (6): Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United/ENG; 42/8), Folarin Balogun (Monaco/FRA; 15/5), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven/NED; 28/10), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan/ITA; 71/30), Josh Sargent (Norwich City/ENG; 25/5), Haji Wright (Coventry City/ENG; 11/4)
Schulte starts Our XI taking the field in KC 🇺🇸Lineup Notes ⤵️— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) September 7, 2024
Sideline reporter: Patrick Schulte leads MLS with a 34% goal prevention rate. The MLS average is 6.7%. Which begs the question, what the hell is "goal prevention rate?"
Morris fits Poch's style more too. Dissapointed in Johnny. Not sure he makes it over Tessmann, Morris, and Maloney
IS MONDAY THE DAY THE USMNT BECOMES 100% MORE POCH?Doug McIntyre: "We're expecting an announcement some time on Monday. If that happens...it's likely Pochettino will go to Cincinnati and meet with the US team ahead of (the New Zealand friendly)" 🇺🇸😯pic.twitter.com/Zd77JXtrBg— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) September 8, 2024
Sources tell ESPN that the USSF Board of directors is meeting shortly to approve the hiring of Mauricio Pochettino as #usmnt manager.— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) September 8, 2024
My bet is it will happen at the end of the month. In that case...do you want me to wake you up when September ends?