Posted on February 9, 2012
For the second time in three years, the United States will host five-time World Cup champions Brazil. The two men’s national teams will tusstle at FedEXField in Landover, Md. on Wednesday, May 30 at 8 p.m.
The match will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPN3 and Univision. Fans can also follow the match live online via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and Twitter @ussoccer.
The encounter will be the second of the year for the United States against teams ranked in the top 10, following the Feb. 29 game against Italy in Genoa, Italy. The Americans will play several friendlies in advance of the start of their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, including a match against Canada in Toronto on June 3. The venue for a third friendly and the opening match of World Cup qualifying on June 8 against Antigua and Barbuda will be announced next week.
This match will be Brazil’s first in the United States since 2010.
Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m. ET through ussoccer.com, through Ticketmaster Phone Charge at 800-745-300 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers throughout the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia region. Groups of 30 or more can begin placing orders on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 10 a.m. ET through ussoccer.com or the FedExField Ticket Office at 301-276-6050.
“When you talk about Brazil, you are speaking of one of the most gifted football playing nations in the world,” U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann said in a press release. “It is our goal to be able to match up against teams like Brazil on a consistent basis, so this is an amazing opportunity. FedExField is an awesome facility for soccer as we have seen from the games they have hosted, so we are excited to play our first game in the stadium.”
This will be the fourth meeting in as many years between the United States and Brazil, the most recent a 2-0 win for the Seleção on Aug. 10, 2010, in front of more than 77,000 fans at the New Meadowlands Stadium (now called Met Life Stadium). The teams have played 16 times in their history, with the U.S. going 1-15-0 in a series that dates to 1930.
The U.S. and Brazil squared off in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup final, the USA’s first championship match in a major FIFA competition. After defeating No.1-ranked Spain in the semifinal, the U.S. jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan before Brazil rallied for a 3-2 victory.
While Brazil is in the midst of preparing to host the FIFA World Cup, the U.S. has played nine matches under Klinsmann since last August, riding a three-match winning streak to a 4-4-1 record.
Photo: Landon Donovan and the U.S. will take on Brazil on May 30. Andy Mead/YCJ
Categories: National Team, North America, U.S.A.
Tags: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 World Cup Brazil, Clint Dempsey, ESPN2, ESPN3, FedEXField, Juergen Klinsmann, Landon Donovan, Univision
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