2009 Gold Cup, etc.

H texted me about this: A couple of first-round CONCACAF Gold Cup games will be played in Oakland this year on July 5th. Here is the schedule and US venues:

SCHEDULE

First Round

July 3 – The Home Depot Center (Los Angeles)

July 4 – Qwest Field (Seattle)

July 5 – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (San Francisco)

July 7 – Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)

July 8 – Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (Washington)

July 9 – Reliant Stadium (Houston)

July 10 – Florida International University Stadium (Miami)

July 11 – Gillette Stadium (Boston)

July 12 – University of Phoenix Stadium (Phoenix)

Quarterfinals

July 18 – Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)

July 19 –Dallas Cowboys New Stadium (Dallas)

Semifinals
July 23 – Soldier Field (Chicago)

Final

July 26 – Giants Stadium (New York)

(*Gonna have to talk to Adam Z about tickets....)

QUAKES vs GALAXY April 18th in OAKLAND

I have a group attending this game - I've promoted the game with a flyer featuring Joe Cannon, Becks, and post-game fireworks. So know it sounds like Becks will still be in Milan for this game - so the fireworks show better be good. (Actually, I already have 44 out of the 50 tickets sold already so we should be in good shape).

QUAKES STADIUM

With the recent news that the A's are not going to move to Fremont and that San Jose is eyeing them, I can't help but wonder if this will affect the progress on the soccer-specific venue for the Q's. I hope that Lew doesn't start thinking about a multi-use park - for the A's and Quakes to share. I think I would prefer to stay at our current home - the South Bay San Siro (aka Buck Shaw) - than have Q's games played on a field with huge portions being infield dirt!