The U.S. men's national team has an agreement in principle to face South Africa on Nov. 17th in Cape Town in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup, U.S. Soccer announced on Friday.
U.S. Soccer is still finalizing the deal, but once completed, it will mark the United States' fourth trip to the African nation in the past three years (twice to play South Africa, once for the 2009 Confederations Cup and most recently for the 2010 World Cup).
What do you think of this match? Excited to see the United States return to South Africa? Were you hoping for a European opponent? Planning to make the trip to lovely Cape Town?
Share your thoughts below.
Well the yanks did beat the sox for many years but that is still one of the better rivalries in sports
If we are going to play a south American team, I would rather it be Uruguay….. so we can see what could have been had we beat Ghana
By your logic, the US should play all their games on the east coast to accomodate you.
Sounds like a great idea.
Too much travel? What do you think happens during international tournaments?
You think it’s as simple as calling up Spain,Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay and saying how about next month?
Right.
Such as? What quality European team isn’t participating in Euro 2012 qualifying that day? Some people just NEVER stop complaining.
it’s a friendly.
i don’t know man, that would require thought. it seems like knee-jerk reactions are more called for here.
seriously though, thanks for pointing that out, even though most people will ignore it.
european countries will be playing qualifiers at that time, won’t they?
Horrible! I would’ve preferred Honduras or Costa Rica. Preferably though i would’ve preferred paraguay, uruguay, chile, venezuela, or any quality european team that isn’t participating in euro 2012
lol, racism’s everywhere. nothing compares to playing in azteca
This isn’t a vacation.
Are you stupid Venezuela is way better than South Africa.
It can’t be a rivalry when only one team wins…
I’m glad the first comment voiced exactly what I was thinking…this seems really stupid
ya, but we will never play an international friendly in central american countries. Ever.
you’re on
we just played brazil. mexico last played ecuador and colombia. their next game is against venezuela who are worse than south africa. dont be an idiot.