CONCACAF Launches Ticket Hotline Number for 2005 CONCACAF GOLD CUP™

NEW YORK – CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) ) has launched a ticket hotline number, +1/888-480-2005, for tickets to the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup™, which will be played in six USA cities from July 6-24, 2005.

The domestic and international telephone number will allow fans to purchase tickets in any of the seven stadiums hosting games in the showpiece event.

Ticket prices for single dates start as low as $20 in some venues for first round doubleheaders. Discounts are available for group tickets and for packages of tickets to all the match days in the same city. All tickets are subject to availability. www.goldcup.org

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ Ticket Purchase Information

HOTLINE: +1/888-480-2005

Round 1 Group B
Qwest Field (Seattle) Tickets priced $25-$65 USDt t
July 7
17:30 – Canada vs. Costa Ricat t
19:30 – Cuba vs. USAt t

July 9
11:30 – Costa Rica vs. Cuba t t
13:30 – USA vs. Canadat t

Gillette Stadium (Foxboro) Tickets priced $22-$40 USD
July 12
19:00 – USA vs. Costa Rica
21:00 – Canada vs. Cuba

Quarterfinals
Gillette Stadium (Foxboro) Tickets priced $30-$60 USD
July 16
13:00 – QF1: A1 vs. B2
16:00 – QF2: B1 vs. 3A or 3C

Reliant Stadium (Houston) Tickets priced $25-55 USD
July 17
14:00 – QF3: C1 vs. 3A or 3B
17:00 – QF4: C2 vs. A2

Semifinals & Final
Giants Stadium (NY/NJ) Tickets priced $30-$90 USD
July 21
18:00 – SF1: QF1 vs. QF2
21:00 – SF2: QF3 vs. QF4

July 24
15:00 – FINAL

The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ will consist of three groups of four teams for the first round with the top two from each group, along with the best two third-placed teams progressing to the quarterfinals for a total of 10 doubleheaders from 6-17 July throughout six stadiums in the USA.

Group A, which will stage all its matches at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, will have Colombia, Honduras, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago. Group B, playing games in Seattle’s Qwest Field before moving to the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro near Boston, includes Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba and the USA.

The final group, Group C, will see Guatemala, Jamaica, South Africa and the reigning CONCACAF Gold Cup™ champions Mexico. The group games are scheduled for two stadiums in the Los Angeles Area, Carson’s Home Depot Center and the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, before moving to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas for the last day of first round play.

The quarterfinal matches will take place on Saturday, 16 July (two games in Foxboro), and Sunday, 17 July (two games in Houston). The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ semifinals and final is scheduled for Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Thursday, 21 July and Sunday, 24 July, respectively.

About CONCACAF
CONCACAF “The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football” is one of six continental confederations of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and serves as the governing body of football in this part of the world. It is composed of 40 national associations, from Canada in the north to Surinam in the south.

About the CONCACAF Gold Cup™
The CONCACAF Gold Cup™ is CONCACAF’s showpiece event for men’s national teams as it crowns the regional champion. The USA won the inaugural competition in 1991, defeating Honduras before 40,000 fans at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in California. Mexico then won three consecutive titles, the third in 1998 before a crowd of 91,000 in Los Angeles, before Canada won its first major international honor in more than 100 years of football history in 2000. After the USA claimed the 2002 title, Mexico returned to the top of the Confederation with their fourth crown in 2003. The 2005 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™ will take place in a record seven venues in six cities across the USA from 6 – 24 July.

About SUM
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in New York City, Soccer United Marketing (SUM) is the largest promoter of international soccer matches in the United States. SUM entered into a partnership in Fall 2004 with CONCACAF to design and execute operations, marketing and promotional plans for the 2005 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™.

For more information on 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup check www.goldcup.org.