When the USA played Mexico in the 2011 Gold Cup final at the Rose Bowl, the vast of majority of the 93,420 fans were rooting for Mexico. The USA quickly went ahead 2-0, but roared on by the crowd ElTri stormed back for a 4-2 win in what would be Bob Bradley‘s final game as U.S. national team head coach. In an effort to have a more even split for the Oct.10 winner-take-all playoff at the Rose Bowl to determine the Concacaf representative in the 2017 Confederations Cup, both the USA and Mexico will be given an equal share of tickets to sell to theirfans.

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