Mexico National Team: Dallas Cowboys Announce an Annual Friendly Match at AT & T Stadium in North Texas

The Mexican federation and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL announced Wednesday a partnership that will allow El Tri to use North Texas as a training base before the 2022 World Cup, in addition to playing a match friendly AT & T stadium every year before 2022..

The first friendly match in the deal will take place on June 9 before the Gold Cup, with the announcement of his opponent to be announced later.

Previously, the agreement between Mexico and Soccer United Marketing had led the national team to play at least five friendlies in various cities in the United States. Many of these games have been played in North Texas, but there will be one now at the Cowboys home. The partnership will continue with at least four matches taking place in other US cities, but one game per year is stuck in the Dallas area.

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El Tri announced an announced participation of 84,878 for a friendly match against Ecuador before the 2014 World Cup, 82,559 for a match against Argentina in 2015 and 79,128 at the beginning of the match. 39, year for a match against Croatia.

Mexico also played a number of Gold Cup clashes on the site, including taking part in the 2009 two-part program, the first sporting event to take place on the site.

The agreement was announced at an event starring Jerry Jones Jr., marketing director of the Dallas Cowboys, Gilberto Hernandez, secretary general of the FMF, Camilo Durana, senior vice president, properties and events. SUM, Jimmy Smith, Chief Operating Officer, FC Dallas. Officer and Monica Paul, Executive Director of the Dallas Sports Commission.

While there are Mexican fans all over the country, with large population groups in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, officials said the partnership with the Dallas sports teams and the success of Past events placed Dallas over the first agreement of this type. by the national team of Mexico.

"We did some badysis and Dallas is one of the major cities where we can get fans to chat with the national team, all the games we've seen here have been really successful and the Dallas Sports Commission , the Dallas Cowboys, FC Dallas, they all helped make this possible, "said Hernandez. "Given that we have so many fans here who can travel from all over Texas, it makes sense for the Mexican national team to commit to Dallas." In expectation of the four or eight next years, that of the World Cup, which will be here, as you know, in 2026. "

The long-term vision of Dallas playing a major role in the 2026 World Cup was largely related to the involvement of the Dallas Sports Commission and FC Dallas, who could also invite the Dallas National Team to Mexico to coach on the sites that she organizes, the Toyota stadium or the stadium. MoneyGram Park, as part of the partnership.

"We do not want to hide it, we want Dallas and North Texas to be the focal point of the World Cup in 2026, and as many points of contact as we can get – whether it's the International Broadcasting Center, the centers training, help bring it here, "Smith said. "You can see the players say it's a great place to play football, and that's not just the stadium, but the facilities we have in place."