NEW YORK - Soccer United Marketing and Earthquakes Soccer, LLC. announced today that the international soccer match between México and Ecuador on March 28, 2007 (8 p.m., PT) at Oakland's McAfee Coliseum is sold out. The soccer capacity for this game is 47,416 seats, all of which were sold. This is México's second of five games part of its 2007 U.S. Tour.
Parking lots at McAfee Coliseum will open at 3:00 p.m. and will cost $20. Gates to the stadium open at 6:30 p.m. The Earthquakes are advising fans to use the BART to access the stadium in order to alleviate congestion.
The game will be broadcast live on Telemundo and Futbol de Primera (Spanish-language radio) beginning at 8:00 p.m. PT.
Fans are recommended to arrive early and enjoy Fútbol Fiesta, an interactive festival that is open to the public at 4:00 p.m. outside the stadium in Lot A. The festival includes free live music, interactive games and gifts from official Mexican National Team U.S. Tour 2007 sponsors. Also, the first 10,000 fans entering the stadium will receive a free drawstring bag from AT&T, the official presenting sponsor of the Mexico vs. Ecuador matchup.
The match, the 20th for Mexico in the Bay Area, will establish two new attendance records for Bay Area soccer. First, the match will set a new attendance record for soccer at the Oakland Coliseum by beating the previous mark of 36,240 set on February 7, 1998 in a 2-0 victory for México over Honduras in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match will also establish a new record for a Mexican National Team match in the Bay Area, thus surpassing the previous mark of 44,729 set January 25, 2006 for a match between México and Norway at Monster Park.
The Mexican National team, coached by national hero Hugo Sanchez, earned its first win of the year in the first match of their U.S. Tour 2007 by beating Venezuela 3-1 on February 28 at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium in front of a record crowd of almost 65,000 fans.
