There is no shortage of story lines going into Saturday’s CONCACAF Cup soccer match between Mexico and the U.S. at a sold-out Rose Bowl. Here are a few worth watching:
1. The Rose Bowl spotlight: In addition to the 93,000-plus fans who are expected to attend Saturday’s game and the millions more who will watch on TV, organizers say more than 800 media credentials have been issued, the most for a soccer game in the U.S. since the Women’s World Cup final at the Rose Bowl in 1999. (And another 500 applications were declined.) The Americans edged China in penalty kicks in that 1999 game, but the men’s team hasn’t been as lucky in the Rose Bowl, where it hasn’t beaten Mexico in 21 years.