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FC Dallas will scrimmage River Plate on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. on adidas Field. It's a last minute scheduling, but it makes for a busy day in Frisco. At 3 p.m. is the U.S. Women's National Team match in soldout FC Dallas Stadium vs. New Zealand.
More than 3,000 people attended the open practice at FC Dallas Stadium for the U.S. Women's National Team. After practice the players, including notables Hope Solo and Alex Morgan, took time to meet fans and sign autographs.
US Soccer officials are down to a few random single tickets throughout FC Dallas Stadium for tomorrow's game.
Ticket sales for #uswnt friendly vs New Zealand on Saturday in Frisco, TX have reached 20,000. Impressive.
— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) February 10, 2012
The opponent for the U.S. Women's National Team was practicing just a few fields away from them Thursday. New Zealand ran through some warmup drills before closing the rest of practice to media.
The U.S. Women's National Team had a full scrimmage during its morning training session Thursday at the Complex at FC Dallas Stadium. The squad is aware that FC Dallas Stadium is going to be packed with fans.
"It's exciting," said USWNT coach Pia Sundhage after practice Thursday. "We'll hear them loud and clear."
We announced our TV broadcast schedule and list of announcers for 2012 today. New voices Mark Followill and Jonathan Yardley tweeted the following:
Very excited to be part of @FCDallas PxP team w/ @jtyardley this yr. Thx to FCDallas supporters 4 the welcome. It's gonna be a great season!
— Mark Followill (@MFollowill) February 9, 2012
Excited to be part of @FCDallas broadcast team for 2012 w. @MFollowill and others! Kickoff March 17. bit.ly/xZCPLl
— Jonathan Yardley (@jtyardley) February 9, 2012
U.S. Women's National Team players have heard about the big crowd that will fill FC Dallas Stadium this Saturday. Rachel Buehler talks about the support locally and looking ahead to Saturday's game against New Zealand.
Dallas-area fans are doing their part to support the national team.
USA women's ticket update vs New Zealand on Saturday in Frisco, TX: 19,000 down, 1,000 to go #uswnt
— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) February 9, 2012
FC Dallas President & CEO Doug Quinn drew two names today from an FC Dallas Foundation raffle to walk out with the U.S. Women's National Team and New Zealand team during pre-game on Saturday.
The USWNT Raffle winners are Ainsley Powell and Leah Rooks. Congratulations - it should be a once in a lifetime experience.
Semiconductor Solutions donated the two packages for raffling by the FC Dallas Foundation.
You better hurry up if you want tickets to this Saturday's U.S. Women's National Team match vs. New Zealand.
Props to Dallas soccer supporters: 18,000 sold for #uswnt friendly vs New Zealand on Saturday in Frisco. 2,000 remain
— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) February 8, 2012