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April 17, 2008

Seattle has a huge success with their Mexico friendly on Wednesday night...

Mexico's U.S. Tour for 2008 began in Seattle last night, when they met China at Qwest Field. 

The attendance Wednesday was the fourth largest in Seattle history for the sport.

Seattle's largest soccer crowds (from The Seattle Times)

Atten. Date Venue Teams
66,830 Aug. 9, 2006 Qwest Field Real Madrid vs. D.C. United
66,722 July 22, 2003 Qwest Field Manchester United vs. Celtic
58,218 April 9, 1976 Kingdome New York at Seattle (NASL exhibition)
56,416 April 16, 2008 Qwest Field China vs. Mexico exhibition
56,256 Aug. 25, 1977 Kingdome

L.A. at Seattle (NASL semifinals)

You can read more on this, and watch a video report at the links below.

Fans in San Diego, don't forget that Mexico's next stop on this friendly tour is Qualcomm Stadium on June 4.  Tickets went on sale today !

VIDEO and other news reports, http://soundersfc.com 

ARTICLE FROM SEATTLE Post-Intelligencer "Soccer Fiesta at Qwest Field", http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soccer/359402_soccfans17.html

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