I hadn't heard anything about this (other than that my tix are in the mail -- good to get that out of the way with the event uncertain, eh, Ticketmaster?). Could someone give me a brief explanation of what's going on? I'm assuming Japan backed out because of the war ...
well, I am glad there is going to be a game Japan would have been a better opponent and Uruguay even better, I am surprised they didn't work that out. Maybe Uruguay decided not to make the trip. Thank you Venezuela, maybe you can bring some cheerleaders with you.
Gracias Venezuela! Nice to see someone has the "huevos" to come here. BTW - Venezuela has been playing some very good soocer the last two years.
Fifa.com no longer has a US game on that day, but that does not mean anything. A few days later Venezuela is playing Jamaica in Caracas. I imagine that a ok squad will show up for Venezuela. They are currently ranked 69th. The Venezuelian federation website is down, so no confirmation from there.
I have a ticket for the Japan match!! Will that same ticket be good for Venezuela??! If not, what do I do???
You would be punctilious in that assessment. Your ticket will be good for whoever we play. At least now we pretty much know we'll see a US win... Most importantly friday night at Kell's is ON! Kevin
I checked the ESPN website and they still have the game scheduled for TV. ESPN2 DATE SHOW TIME (ET) Mar. 29 USA MEN'S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM VENEZUELA VS. USA SEAHAWKS STADIUM SEATTLE, WA USA 3:55 pm to 6:00 pm I hope this might help!
Well. My Japanese friend won't be as interested in going to a bar with me for that one. Anyone know when the last time we played Venezuela was? I don't remember ever playing them.
US Soccer has put out a press release confirming this. Ticket refunds are available for those who no longer wish to go.
From Ussocer.com on the US Venezuela game- http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=29420&itype= Glad the game is on. Still would have been cool to play Japan, but hey, I'll still drink a brew and watch this one!
Sounds GREAT!! Wish it was the Japanese we were playing, but at least we HAVE a game. As far as the Japanese go, I understand & respect their decision though I don't agree with it!! The fact is that when mlb cancelled their opening series in Tokyo, that "doomed" our soccer match-up!! ANOTHER reason to HATE baseball!!!!
Venezuela? So what do we know about the Venezuela team? Who are their big players? Are they bringing their "A" team? Just a few questions I don't have enough time to look up on my own and I'm hoping someone else does. Scumby
nothing not already said, but here's a wire story for it http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=261671&cc=5901
This sucks. Japan would have been a MUCH better game. Oh well, I guess I just have to watch a US spanking of Venezula
I think no one wants to admit this, but props are probably in order to the USSF for finding another opponent on such short notice.
I'd be surprised if they didn't have Venezuela as a backup since Japan canceled the first time. I agree, the USSF did the best they could with a bad situation. Here's hoping for a high scoring and entertaining game in Seattle.
I think they will be better than Jamaica, and obviously below Argentina, so no spanking at all, probably 2-1, 2-0 at best IMO for the US. I saw them play some qualifers and looked they look pretty good, a solid challenge for the US.