Tottenham Hotspur’s eyeing 2012 soccer game in Baltimore
Top-tier English soccer team Tottenham Hotspur F.C. could be part of an international exhibition game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore this July.
The English Premier League team is eyeing a three-city U.S. tour, with Baltimore and Los Angeles among the cities poised to host games, said Diane Pelkey, an Under Armour Incspokeswoman. Under Armour, the Baltimore sportswear maker, is in a multi year deal to provide jerseys and other team apparel to the London-based soccer team.
A schedule has not been finalized, Pelkey said. Tottenham’s opponents, too, have not been determined.
Tottenham officials declined to comment. Mark Burdett, vice president of corporate sales and development for the Baltimore Ravens, M&T Bank Stadium’s primary tenant, declined to comment.
Ravens President Dick Cass has said the team wants to bring international soccer back to the stadium in 2012 after not hosting a game in 2011. International soccer exhibitions were played at the 71,000-seat M&T Bank Stadium in 2009 and 2010.
Chelsea and A.C. Milan squared off in a sold-out game in 2009, and Inter Milan and Manchester City played to a crowd of around 35,000 fans a year later.
Tottenham is currently in third place of the EPL.
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