5
Apr

The idea was literally seven years in the making, but it was certainly worth it…

When Nacional supporters decided in 2006 to produce and unfurl the what is probably the biggest tifo ever at a football match, uncertain glances were cast. During their game against Toluca in the Copa Libertadores last night however, the unimaginable finally happened.

The gigantic tifo is 600m in length and 54m in height, and it took more than 18 months to print. Canvassing most of the stadium, we hope that the Nacional fans didn’t miss their club’s 4-0 demolition of Toluca.

Video via @101greatgoals.

30
Mar

Chelsea, Manchester City to play friendly at Busch Stadium

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By FOX Sports Midwest

Since opening in 2006, Busch Stadium has seen its fair share of activity. From Dave Mathews to Bono to oh yeah, those two St. Louis Cardinals World Series Championships mixed in with plenty of high-quality baseball, the iconic venue gets put to good use.  

On Thursday, May 23rd the Stadium will welcome a new sport onto the hallowed grounds of Baseball Heaven when Premier League clubs Chelsea and Manchester City square off in an international soccer friendly. The match marks the first professional, non-baseball sporting event hosted at the new Busch Stadium.

Read more here.

27
Mar

After the final whistle in Tuesday night’s scoreless draw between Mexico and the United States at Azteca, USA fans were overjoyed with their team’s second-ever tie in a qualifier against El Tri at the famed stadium.

It was a tie, but it certainly felt like a win for the USA, who has only won once at Azteca against Mexico, and that was in a friendly, not a qualifier.

As they celebrated wildly, debris, beer and other unidentified liquids rained down on them. Luckily for the U.S. fans, they were surrounded by a small army of riot police — it would’ve gotten much uglier had the protection not been there.