Last year, the U.S. women’s national soccer team played at FirstEnergy Stadium in mid-June for a friendly game against China. They are busy with the World Cup (host country of France) this year, leaving the stadium open as a venue for the U.S. men’s national soccer team to host a Gold Cup game on Saturday.
It was a double-header that began with Panama defeating Guyana 4-2 to start the evening. At 8:00 PM ET, the USMNT took the field to face Trinidad and Tobago. That game was somewhat more notable, because it was Trinidad and Tobago who the U.