Arsenal vs. Everton @ Ravens Stadium July 16th, Pittsburgh having any Euro Soccer this year?
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Don’t think Pittsburgh is itching for another benfica vs Dortmund snobernocker exhibition match. I don’t know it they’ll ever hold that against Pittsburgh or not. But giving us that match up a couple of years ago and drawing 10K wasn’t a good thing.
I think to draw in the USA you need to have EPL teams, because people follow it, or big name teams like Barcelona or Real Madrid, or teams that might draw the locals, like in NYC if you had a Greek team like Olympiacos you'd probably get half a stadium full of Greeks, on the other hand a German team not so much, Germans get too assimilated into US culture and Greeks fight to never melt into the melting pot, like Mexicans 
It's amazing how many Greeks in Milwaukee suddenly became NBA fans thanks to Giannis.
It's amazing how many Greeks in Milwaukee suddenly became NBA fans thanks to Giannis.
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There was a decent crowd there (30,000 maybe?) when Chelsea played Roma back in I want to say 2004. If they brought in a "name" team they'd get some interest.
Oh I know. There’s no doubt. But they have us Dortmund and Benfica. What could go wrong? Lol.
btw…why would anyone bring Benfica over for a tour?
another thing, I spend a lot of time in Charlotte. I’m thinking about the Chelsea vs Charlotte FC match in July. But at the same time, it’s a Wed night match. Not sure I want to beat myself up to get there on a Wed for an exhibition.
I think that was really the most mystifying thing about it. Is there anyone in America who is saying "damn, just once before I die I'd like to see Benfica play an exhibition game."
If you are going to bring someone like that over for a game, you have simply got to have them playing someone like Barca or Man U, someone who is going to do all the heavy lifting to sell the tickets.
I think that they really thought that the whole Dortmund is kind of like Pittsburgh, and they wear black and gold too!, was going to help them sell tickets. Which was nuts.
Have you ever known anyone Portuguese? Personally I haven't? Is it a small population in the USA? Why not bring a Greek or Italian big name team, Roma, AC Milan, Olympiacos, Panathaniakos, AEK, I guarantee you'd draw local Greeks and Italians even in Western PA. .
I went to Dortmund/Benfica. I think they announced like 16K and I thought that sounded right. It wasnt THAT bad of a crowd for a WEEKNIGHT non-brand team vs non-blue blood. Man City/ACM had about 40K
