Chicago, IL (My Sportsbook) - The U.S. Men's National Team has scheduled another friendly prior to the CONCACAF Gold Cup this summer. The team will return to the Bay Area on June 2 to take on China at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif., at 5 p.m. PT. One year after topping Japan, 3-2, in San Francisco, the U.S. will play in Spartan Stadium for the first time in four years in the teams final friendly before the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 2007 Copa America. "The match against China is an excellent lead in to the Gold Cup," U.S. MNT head coach Bob Bradley said. "The fans in San Jose, and the Bay Area in general, have always been extremely supportive, and were looking forward to getting our busy summer schedule underway with a good warm up for our regional championship." The June 2 match will be the eighth meeting between the U.S. and China. Three of the last seven meetings between the U.S. and China have been in the Bay Area, with the last meeting coming six years ago in Oakland. The the U.S. won, 2-1, on a Brian McBride goal and a China own goal. In other U.S. soccer news, the country's National Board of Directors has unanimously approved the effort to bring the 2018 World Cup to the United States. The decision was made on Friday on the first day of U.S. Soccer's 2007 Annual General Meeting in Los Angeles. U.S. Soccer's membership also unanimously endorsed the bid at the organization's National Council meeting on Saturday. |
