The San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer made the announcement today that they will be honoring the 1994 U.S. World Cup Men's National Team during halftime on July 2 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.
Before the game, the players will host a meet and greet session with fans before coming out for the halftime ceremony.
Players currently scheduled to attend the match are Tab Ramos, Thomas Dooley, Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Fernando Clavijo, Mike Sorber, Juergen Sommer and Cobi Jones. More members of the squad may be confirmed in the weeks before the game.
"It is always great to get together as a group and reminisce about that World Cup," said former U.S. midfielder Thomas Dooley. "July 4 at Stanford was a big moment in the history of soccer in the United States. Unfortunately we lost to the eventual champions, Brazil, but I think overall that World Cup was a big success and helped launch the growth of the game here. I am looking forward to getting up to Stanford for Fourth of July weekend."
The site is especially meaningful to the members of that team who played against Brazil in the '94 World Cup. They lost a tough 1-0 game in front of a record SF Bay Area crowd of 84,147. Any fan who has proof that they attended that game will get a free ticket to the Earthquakes-Red Bulls game.
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