Mexico To Play New Zealand at Rose Bowl
2010-01-28 19:11:16


The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF), together with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), today announced details of the Mexican National Team’s 2010 U.S. Tour. On the road to its 14th FIFA World Cup participation this summer, Mexico will play in six cities across the country between February 24 and May 13, 2010.

The annual U.S. tour will give the Mexican National Team the opportunity to finalize their preparation, culminating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup opener on June 11 in Johannesburg against host South Africa.

To kick it all off, Mexico will travel to the Bay Area to face Bolivia on Wednesday, February 24 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif. (8 p.m. local), presented by Visa. Tickets for the Feb. 24 match are available via Tickets.com and all the usual outlet locations.

El Tri will then head to Southern California to face World Cup-bound New Zealand on Wednesday, March 3 at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena (8 p.m. local), in a game presented by Wrigley’s Extra. Weeks later on Mar. 24 in Charlotte, Mexico faces Iceland (8 p.m. local) at Bank of America Stadium. Tickets for the Mar. 3 and 24 matches will be available at Ticketmaster.com and all the usual outlet locations.

A Visa pre-sale for the first three tour games begins today Jan. 28. The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol encourages its fans to go online early and purchase tickets using their Visa cards.

“Our goal in the first trimester of 2010 is to prepare the Mexican National Team for the FIFA World Cup,” said Nestor de la Torre, director of national team programs for the Mexican Federation. “The U.S. tour allows us to test our squad while giving our fans from all parts of the country the chance to send us off to South Africa.”

El Tri will showcase its World Cup hopefuls in every region of the United States. The tour includes Mexico’s first appearance in Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium in late March, and the first international sporting event at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, which will be home to the NFL’s New York Jets and New York Giants. The complete 2010 U.S. Tour schedule follows below.

Mexican National team 2010 U.S. Tour

Date Opponent City Stadium Time (ET)

Feb. 24 Bolivia San Francisco, CA Candlestick Park 11 p.m.
Mar. 3 New Zealand Los Angeles, CA Rose Bowl 11 p.m.
Mar. 24 Iceland Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium 8 p.m.
May 7 Ecuador New York, NY New Meadowlands Stadium 9 p.m.
May 10 Senegal Chicago, IL Soldier Field 9 p.m.
May 13 TBD Houston, TX Reliant Stadium 9 p.m.

What I would want to know is if Jamaica couldn't get into this, since these countries are going to be in the region couldn't we schedule a friendly with atleast 2 of these countries 2-3 days after they play mexico

We played Mexico twice in 2008.

Would you play against Mexico's B team using Jamaica's C team in Houston for less than US$50,000 profit?

That was Jamaica's B team versus Argentina B/C team. If Jamaica had all the DPL and North America-based players available for selection, then the Mexico game would be OK. Otherwise, it would be a 4-0 embarrassment.

They flew Argentina for $US25,000......JFF bruk so any "profit" is good now.

Honduras looking for opponent for early April. They approached wi but wi no seem too interested. The 'Boyz don't seem to serve their purpose as far as preparation for WC, but if they are desperate for a game any opponent will work.

That game would be great because Honduras like Jamaica like playing in the USA.