According to soccertv.com, the US will play Mexico on April 2 in Denver. It might be already on some message board here, but I was surprised when I saw it on soccertv.com, so I thought I'd post it here.
Considering how BADLY in favor of Mexico that Invesco Field was the last time we played them, IMHO it would be a HUGE mistake to hold a USA-Mexico match there. God, I thought I was watching a match from Mexico City!!!! 55,000 fans & VERY few, if any, USA supporters in the crowd. You should be ashamed of yourself, Denver!!!! Hold this match in Portland, Seattle or Foxboro, PLEASE!!!!
well if you scroll down farther, it also says US vs Mexico at Houston on the 29th. It has date and time to be confirmed by both so I think they are just trying to guess where and when its going to be.
And according to a post on p. 5 of the USMT schedule on News and Analysis, ESPN2 has the game set for May 8 in Houston. Sure will be nice for this one to get settled so I can quit having people ask me about tickets.
Re: Re: USA-MEX set for April I'm not sure about Houston, but I have it on very good authority that the Rapids ARE NOT hosting this match.
yea I know. I need to know if the match is in May or not, because May is right in my finals so I gotta figure something out for that. Im hoping it will be in April.
umm, get a grip it's a friendly it's about money... who cares if there is a pro us crowd for a meaningless match? i don't i want those mexie dollars in my ussf pockets if this were a qualifier, i'd agree... but it's not... so i want it where ever it will make the ussf the most bucks... we want them to play meaningful matches in places we can maintain the atmosphere in, so we need the ussf to make money in other matches... cause a half sold out invesco field makes more money than a sold out crew stadium
From MLS Confidential Re: Mexico matches: "3. BIG TIME: Large venues of a modern mode will be the norm as AEG markets and promotes Mexican national team games in the United States. Mexico will play Bolivia March 19 in Texas Stadium and Paraguay March 26 in Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego). When Mexico next visits the U.S. in early April, the venue will likely be Invesco Field at Mile High, which opened two years ago. And for a superclasico between the USA and Mexico in early May, brand-new Reliant Stadium in Houston -- home of the NFL Texans -- is the probable choice. Mexico played Argentina Feb. 4 at the aged Los Angeles Coliseum but arrangements and contracts for that game were finalized before AEG's deal with the Mexican soccer federation took effect."
LOL, Mexico plays a game in the US every other month. They are going to play more home games in the US than in Mexico. It is kind of a shame for the fans back at home, but i guess the money is good. I may go to the Paraguay match in SD. The last time Paraguay was in SD was for a match against the USNT and it ended in a 1-1 tie as far as I remember.
Didn't they play last year on April 2nd here (I was at the game, but I'm not sure if I have the date right)? If that's true, I'm there, regardless of Mile High being 90% Mexican
Mile High Stadium is right next to a huge Mexican neighborhood in Denver, a city with a decent Mexican population. What do you expect?
You know, by my post, that I DON'T have that attitude. I WISH more USMNT fans would get PISSED about how OUR country seems to cater to "foreign" soccer fans. We shouldn't feel like the minority in OUR own backyard, WCQ or friendly!!!!!!!!
Being as how the US and Mexico will play a friendly and not a meaningful match sometime soon, we should agree on one thing: it doesn't matter. None of it matters. Yeah, the US would like to beat their a**es whenever there's a chance, but if it's a friendly, it ultimately means little. Tell me, if the US would have lost to Mexico last June, would it have mattered that the US beat Mexico in Denver in April? Of course not. If the US loses to Mexico in April or May in Denver/Houston/Dallas/wherever, will it matter if four months down the road the US beats Mexico in Azteca in the Gold Cup final? Heck no. Since these are friendlies, the US should play where there are big draws. I think the LA Coliseum would be a sizable draw. Denver drew 50,000-plus, so that would be a good place to play. That's a nice chunk of change US Soccer gets for one match. If this were a meaningful match (ie a World Cup qualifier), Denver and Houston and certainly LA would be well out of the picture. Columbus, Boston or some other venue far from the Rio Grande would suffice. And as for the US playing on the road in the US, that's just a sad fact of life. First of all, Mexican fans are passionate and will travel to watch their team. If you play a game on the moon, some Mexicans would show up an hour before the match to buy tickets. Secondly, there's nothing we can do about it but go to the matches and support our team. I was one of a handful of American supporters at the Coliseum in February of 1998, when the US lost to Mexico 1-0 in the Gold Cup final. I took a lot of abuse from that match, a lot. I had sodas, chips, nachos, lemons, beer and probably urine thrown on me. It's something I'll never forget. Am I mad about it? Yeah, that's my worst loss as a fan ever in any sport. But what am I going to do, cry about it? It happened. I went to the US-Mexico match in October 2000 (Landon's debut!), so the 98 match didn't harm me, didn't scar me for life. What I'm saying is that I still support my side. That's all I can do, go and support my side. So let's not get upset at a bunch of other supporters, even if they cheer for the other guys.