CARSON, CALIF. (Thursday, May 15, 2014) – StubHub Center, in conjunction with Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Soccer United Marketing (SUM), today announced that Chivas will play Cruz Azul in a Liga MX preseason clash at StubHub Center on Wednesday, July 9 at 8:00 p.m. PT as part of the Chivas Guadalajara 2014 U.S. summer tour.

Tickets for the Chivas – Cruz Azul match will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, May 22 at 10:00 a.m. PT and are available at www.stubhubcenter.com  and at the StubHub Center box office. 

Now in its ninth annual U.S. tour, Club Deportivo Guadalajara, one of the most historic soccer clubs in Mexico affectionately known as Chivas, will face current CONCACAF Champions League champions and fellow Liga MX club Cruz Azul.

Chivas, the only club in Mexico to exclusively field Mexican players, has captured 11 first division titles and has raised two Copa México trophies. Under the direction of newly appointed Argentinian head coach Carlos Bustos, the team boasts a lineup of standout players, including Aldo de Nigris, former Sporting Kansas City forward Omar Bravo, 2012 Olympic gold medalists Jorge Enriquez and Antonio Rodriguez, and FIFA U-17 World Cup champions Patricio Araujo, Omar Esparza, and Carlos Fierro.

Media accreditation information will be announced in the coming weeks.

ABOUT SOCCER UNITED MARKETING

Founded in 2002, Soccer United Marketing (SUM) is the preeminent soccer business company in North America. SUM holds the exclusive rights to the most important soccer properties in the region, including: all commercial rights to Major League Soccer; the United States Soccer Federation; promotional and marketing rights to Mexican National Team games played in the United States, and the CONCACAF Gold Cup™. SUM also manages promotional and marketing rights in the United States for Mexico’s most popular sports team, Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas).

In 2009, SUM announced the creation of the MLS Digital Properties, the only soccer advertising network of its kind, covering all facets of the sport in the U.S., and which allows advertisers to reach millions of soccer fans via online advertising and sponsorships campaigns. These global properties are represented by SUM’s slogan: One Sport. One Company. ™ For more information, please visit www.SUMworld.com.

ABOUT STUBHUB CENTER

StubHub Center is southern California’s home of world-class competition and training facilities for amateur, Olympic, collegiate and professional athletes. Managed by AEG Facilities, the $150 million, privately financed facility was developed by AEG on a 125-acre site on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in Carson, California. StubHub Center features an 8,000-seat tennis stadium, a 27,000-seat stadium for soccer, football and other athletic competitions and outdoor concerts; a 2,000-seat facility for track & field and a 2,450-seat indoor Velodrome – the VELO Sports Center – for track cycling.  StubHub Center is home to two Major League Soccer teams, the four-time MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy and Chivas USA. StubHub Center is also home of the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) High Performance Training Center, the national team training headquarters for the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) and EXOS, an international training center for elite and professional athletes. For additional information please visit www.stubhubcenter.com.