Seeing Red: U.S.-Mexico in World Cup Qualifying
You don't have to go all out like this guy, but for the first time ever U.S. Soccer is encouraging fans across the country (tickets to the game were sold to addresses in 43 states) to wear red on Wednesday to show their support for the U.S. Men's National Team's match against bitter rivals Mexico in the opening game of the final round of World Cup qualifying.
The sold out match is live at 4 p.m. on ESPN2, ESPN2 HD and Univision.
Three nations in the six-country round-robin final round - the so-called haxagonal - qualify directly for South Africa; the fourth-placed team will take on the fifth-placed finisher in South American qualifying for spot in the World Cup finals.
Vital fact: The U.S. are unbeaten against Mexico at home since 2000 and have scored 17 goals here to the Mexican's three.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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