The United States team celebrates a goal against Colombia during second half FIFA Women’s World Cup round of 16 soccer action in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Monday, June 22, 2015. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT One of the world’s most successful soccer programs is coming to Chattanooga.
The United States women’s national team, currently in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup in Canada, will play a friendly match against Costa Rica at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Finley Stadium. The announcement was made Wednesday by the Chattanooga Football Club, which partnered with the Chattanooga Sports Committee and Finley Stadium to help make the match possible.
Tickets, which could range anywhere from $30 to $249 by early reports, will go on sale July 1 and can be purchased on U.S. Soccer’s website, ussoccer.com.
Word started to leak this spring about the possibility of the event happening. The announcement was initially supposed to be made in late May.
“The barrier was that U.S. Soccer had to make the announcement first,” CFC general manager Sean McDaniel said. “We’ve had everything staged for some time, but once U.S. Soccer gave us the green light, we were finally able to get the word out.