Rio Grade Plate Leg 2 Announced
September 25th, 2008 . 1:59 pm . By: Buzz Carrick
The Rio Grande Plate game is scheduled shortly after the final regular season home game of the year against Toronto FC and lands on the same night the US plays at T&T. FCD will have two games left in the regular season follow the Plate game against Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy, both on the road. Here’s the PR stuff… FCD TO FACE TIGRES ON OCT. 14 FOR RIO GRANDE PLATEFRISCO, Texas (Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008) – FC Dallas will face Mexican-partner Tigres UANL on Tuesday, October 14 at Pizza Hut Park in the return-leg of the third annual Rio Grande Plate, a friendly home and away series between the two clubs which began in 2006. Tigres won the first leg 2-1 on February 20 at Estadio Universitario in Monterrey, Mexico. FC Dallas season ticket holders should use Bonus Game D. Ticket prices range from $18-$60 and are available through all Ticketmaster outlets, at fcdallas.com, or by calling 888-FCD-GOAL (888-323-4625). Parking at Pizza Hut Park is available for free for all FC Dallas games. FC Dallas won the inaugural Rio Grande Plate in 2006, winning 5-4 on penalty kicks in Monterrey after tying on aggregate 2-2, with each team winning their home game 2-0. Tigres won the Plate in 2007, winning the series 3-0 on aggregate after claiming a 2-0 win in Mexico on July 7 and winning 1-0 in Frisco four days later. This will be FCD’s sixth international friendly of the year, and fourth against a team from Mexico’s top league. Following February’s 2-1 loss at Tigres, FCD then defeated Brazilian-side Atletico Paranaense twice in March, winning 2-0 at Kyocera Arena in Curitiba, Brazil and then 2-1 at Pizza Hut Park. FCD has also hosted Mexico’s Chivas Guadalajara (L 2-1) on June 29 and Club America (W 2-1) on Sept. 7. 3 Comments Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI Leave a comment |
…..and they had to give the season ticket holders use of their bonus game since the playoffs aren’t a certainty
I can’t imagine that many starters will play this game since this is basically meaningless. I can live another year without the Rio Grande Plate as long as we make the playoffs.
Excellent timing, as usual. Another great season ticket holder “benefit” that will detract from the stretch performance and forces fans to, for the umpteenth time this season, choose between the National team and FCD.