Brazil and Mexico will meet in a friendly on June 8, as a prelude to what will be two weeks later the start of the Copa América in the United States. Beyond how special it is to always see two great teams on the field, that particular match could set a record.
According to the Mexican television signal TUDN, the duel will be played at the Kyle Field stadium, in the state of Texas and with capacity for more than 102,000 spectators, although it hosted more than 110,000 in a match of the local American football team.
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The teams of Mexico and Brazil have not yet confirmed the information, but if played at that venue, the clash could set a new record in crowd size for a soccer match in the history of the United States. That milestone is now held by a friendly in 2014 between Real Madrid and Manchester United before 109,318 fans at the University of Michigan stadium.
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El Tri leads Group B of the Copa América, also made up of Ecuador, Venezuela and Jamaica, while the Seleção leads Group D, where Colombia, Paraguay are and the remaining place that will come from the winner of the playoff between Costa Rica and Honduras remains to be defined. .
Before that tournament, Mexico will play another preparatory friendly against Uruguay, which would be held at Empower Field at Mile High, home of the NFL’s Denver Broncos and with a capacity of 76,125 spectators.
For its part, Brazil has two high-profile matches on its calendar during the March FIFA dates for Dorival Júnior’s official debut as coach: the 23rd against England at Wembley and the 26th against Spain at the Santiago Bernabéu.
