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40,000 tickets sold for match, according to MLS
Posted by Jose Romero
As of late Friday, 40,000 tickets had been sold to MLS Cup 2009 at Qwest Field in Seattle. Some tickets are still available for purchase. Seattle Sounders FC, the host club, set an MLS record by averaging more than 30,000 fans per game this season.
(Now how many will actually show?) Either way, the west upper deck is now tarp-free and ready for customers.
MLS Cup to Air in More Than 120 Countries
Via ESPN and ESPN International, MLS Cup will be broadcast in more than 120 countries, including: United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Isles, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Suriname, British Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras el Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, St Helena, Swaziland, Tanzania & Zanzibar, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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