Gold Cup champion Mexico adds Philadelphia as a stop on its fall slate of exhibition matches

Philadelphia will be a stop and Lincoln Financial Field will be the venue as part of a series of exhibition soccer matches in the United States by the Mexican men’s national team.

In the 20th edition of the annual MexTour, Mexico will play Germany at 8 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Linc. Mexico, which just beat Panama, 1-0, to win the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup, will play four matches this fall in a nationwide tour that also will include Australia (Sept. 9), Uzbekistan (Sept. 12), and Ghana (Oct. 14).

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Tickets for those matches and the game at Lincoln Financial Field will go on sale at 10 a.m. July 27 on the host website, SomosLocales.com.

This match is just one part of what’s shaping up to be a busy year for soccer in Philadelphia, with the Linc hosting a weekend of tune-up matches for English Premier League teams.

Chelsea will take on Brighton on Saturday (7 p.m.), in addition to a doubleheader on Sunday when Fulham faces Brentford and Newcastle challenges Aston Villa in the second matchup.

Additionally, the Linc is one of 16 venues that will host FIFA World Cup matches when the men’s tournament takes place in North America in 2026.

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“We are honored to serve as a host venue for the 20th edition of the Mexican national [team’s] U.S. tour,” Frank Gumienny, chief operating officer for the Eagles, said in a statement. “Lincoln Financial Field will once again have the opportunity to showcase world-class soccer on an international stage when it welcomes in the Mexican and German men’s national teams, as well as the global soccer community on Oct. 17.”