On Tuesday night, Toronto FC will be taking on Club América in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca. It’ll be a brutal grind, even in spite of TFC’s 3-1 aggregate lead in their Concacaf Champions League semi-final tie.
We’ve all been talking for a couple weeks now about how incredible it’ll be to see the Reds go marching into such a historic stadium. Now that it’s actually upon us, though, it’s worth looking at the hallowed venue in a little more depth.
The Azteca opened in 1966, decades before MLS was a glimmer in anyone’s eye (but a full 50 years after Club América was founded — that’s perspective for you).