U.S. Men’s National Team hosts Australia at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Colorado Sunshine
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The United States Men’s National Team will host Australia in an international friendly at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Tuesday.
The match is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will air on TNT.
It’s the first time the USMNT has played in Commerce City since 2017. The Americans are coming off a 1-1 draw against Ecuador before a sold-out crowd of 20,000 at Q2 Stadium in Austin. Folarin Balogun scored the tying goal.
(“Colorado Sunshine” celebrates the good news in sports. Suggestions are encouraged through sports editor Paul Klee at paul.klee@gazette.com.)
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