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Mexico Deportes - You live along the westcoast of the United States? Walk along any high school, park down to the pizza shop.... you 'll sense the "Equipo Tricolor" o "El Tri"
Today, Mexican Soccer has a fever spread across all Mexican-Americans. Yes "Mexican Soccer". Today, the "Mexican National Soccer Team" play against Ecuador National Soccer Team at 8 p.m. as an exhibition match. Released figures by media outlets, confirm that the game sold all 47,416 tickets by March 14.
Bay Area Earthquakes Soccer - 2007, the league has begun a huge push into the Hispanic market. "We did almost 100 percent Hispanic marketing," Owner Alioto says, Earthquakes Soccer made its first public announcement of tonight's game Jan. 18. Tickets, priced from $25 to $200, went on sale at various Bay Area locations Feb. 6. Earthquakes Soccer concentrated most of its ads on Spanish-language television and radio stations, especially during the numerous call-in sports shows that often touched on the same topic during their broadcasts. "Mexico Travel and Vacation Web Site"
Interest in "El Tri" has a long run in California and areas with large Mexican-American populations. The recent appointment of Mexico's all-time national soccer hero Hugo Sanchez as coach has sparked even greater interest.
The first stop on Mexico's U.S. tour, was a 3-1 victory over Venezuela in San Diego on Feb. 28, it drew a sellout crowd of 63,000. An exhibition pitting Mexico against the United States sold out at more than 60,000 Feb. 7 in Glendale, Arizona. That match, a 2-0 U.S. victory, was organized by the U.S. Soccer Federation and not considered part of this tour.
The Mexico's U.S. tour will continue with games Aug. 22, Sept. 12 and Oct. 17. Locations, times and opponents are still to be determined. Deportes de Mexico
Ahorre April 9, 2007 06:14 AM