The Mexican national team on Saturday night, the United States team in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on July 12, Manchester United on July 25. . . and now the German strength of Borussia Dortmund.
Snapdragon Stadium is being adapted to a foreign soccer stadium where the state of San Diego plays soccer.
The twist of the last game, on July 27 at 7:30 p. m. m. with American star Gio Reyna and Dortmund, is that the opponent will be the local professional club San Diepass Loyal. Tickets go on sale Friday at 9 a. m. m. Ticketmaster.
Dortmund will base its pre-season North American tour in San Diego, education for a week before heading to Las Vegas to face Manchester United on June 30 and then Chelsea in Chicago on August 4. He looked for a third game and looked for a local opponent.
Enter the Loyal.
“With the World Cup approaching in 2026, we were looking to enter the North American market,” said Julius Everke, Dortmund’s national manager for the United States based in New York. “We wanted to stay true to our local roots and compete opposite a local team. We have a special bond with our fans. We are all feelings and respect.
“The concept is not just to come to the United States for monetary reasons. We need to expand the game and give back. We need to have big glamorous games. But we also need to have a local connection. “
This is a great opportunity for the Loyals, who play in the de facto USL departmental championship and have home games at the USD’s 6,000-seat Torero Stadium. Soccer teams in the U. S. Open CupA U. S. opponent, but never an opponent of Dortmund’s global stature.
The club founded in 1909 has the most passionate fan base in Germany, winning a European Championship in 1997 and 8 Bundesliga titles. Almost all earned a ninth last month, leading through two problems on the final day of the match but lacking a penalty and matching Mainz’s ninth position at home as Bayern Munich beat Cologne to win their eleventh consecutive title.
“We are very pleased to welcome Borussia Dortmund to San Diego,” said unwavering president Ricardo Campos. “Our players, coaches and enthusiasts take on one of Europe’s elite clubs in July. “
Former Dortmund player and club ambassador Felipe Santana visited San Diego on Tuesday and took promotional photos with executive vice president Loyal Landon Donovan.
The July 27 adjustment will be promoted through TEG Sport, the same organisation that dealt with Manchester United’s adjustment against Wrexham FC at Snapdragon Stadium two days earlier.
“The expansion of football in the city over the past few years has been strong,” said Bart Campbell, TEG’s director of global content, “and we are excited to fuel that enthusiasm and momentum with the arrival of another European heavyweight Borussia Dortmund to the locality and in the process of fitting in the first European team to play against San Diego Loyal SC.
“We set out to make history. “
There are several thousand tickets left, starting at $65 plus service charges, for Saturday’s match between Mexico and Cameroon, as well as for the Gold Cup semifinal on July 12, where the groups will not be definitively known until 3 days before. Manchester United Fit has only a handful of tickets available (starting at $250) outside the secondary market.
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