HARRISON, N.J. (Sept. 5, 2015) - The U.S. Men's National Team will follow up its decisive CONCACAF playoff against Mexico on Oct. 10 with another challenging match against a regional rival when it hosts 2014 FIFA World Cup quarterfinalist Costa Rica on Oct. 13 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, U.S. Soccer announced today.
Red Bulls Season Ticket Holders will be offered an exclusive presale window to purchase tickets for the match beginning on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 a.m.
Tickets are available to the general public starting Friday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. ET through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers throughout the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area (including many Walmart stores), as well as the Red Bull Arena ticket office (open Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
This will be the third time the USMNT visits Red Bull Arena. The last time the team played at the venue was in 2014 before of a sold-out crowd of 26,762, when Tim Howard became the MNT's all-time winningest goalkeeper with his 54th victory, leading the U.S. to a 2-1 win against Turkey.
The friendly against Costa Rica will be the first time the teams face off since meeting for a trio of games in 2013. The U.S. won two of those three matchups, outlasting Costa Rica in the home-leg of final round World Cup qualifying with a 1-0 win in the snow at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., and following up with another 1-0 victory in East Hartford, Conn. on its way to the 2013 Gold Cup title. The U.S. has an impressive record against Costa Rica on U.S. soil (13-4-4). In the most recent matchup, a World Cup Qualifying matchup held in Central America, Costa Rica won 3-1 in San Jose. This will be the 33rd meeting between the United States and Costa Rica, with the lifetime series evenly split at 13-13-6.
Kickoff for the match is set for 6:30 p.m. ET, with the game televised on ESPN and WatchESPN, as well as UniMas and the Univision Deportes Network (pre-game show on both Spanish-language networks starting at 6 p.m. ET).