***With its next two matches, the U.S. men’s national team will end a streak of six home friendlies with fewer than 10,000 spectators. Ticket sales for Sunday’s match against Serbia in San Diego and the Feb. 3 game with Jamaica in Chattanooga, Tenn., stand at 11,500 and 13,000, respectively. Those figures will rise as kickoff approaches.
Given the low-key nature of these friendlies outside FIFA fixture windows and featuring largely domestic-based players on all three sides, that’s not bad.
Attendance for recent winter friendlies:
2016: 8,803 vs. Iceland in Carson, Calif.
2016: 9,274 vs. Canada in Carson
2015: 20,271 vs.