If timing is everything, the arrival of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup to San Antonio’s Alamodome on Sunday, July 16 couldn't have happened at a better time for San Antonio FC, or the city’s soccer fans.

“For us it’s going to be a really exciting weekend, and the culmination of an exciting two weeks, really, for soccer in San Antonio including some of the events that we’ll host through San Antonio FC at Toyota Field,” said SAFC Managing Director Tim Holt.

The final set of games in the tournament’s Group C, which see El Salvador face Jamaica before Curacao takes on Mexico, are set to cap off a remarkable two weeks for soccer in the city that begin on Wednesday night at Toyota Field, when Liga MX’s Chivas de Guadalajara and Club Atlas meet in a preseason exhibition in the Alamo City.

Add in two big games in-between for San Antonio FC itself, with an international exhibition against Liga MX’s Santos Laguna on Saturday night followed by a date on ESPNU with OKC Energy FC on July 14 in a crucial USL regular season contest, and the city of San Antonio and its fans will get a major national spotlight to kick off July.

“One of our objectives is to help grow the sport in San Antonio at all levels of the game, and awareness of the game,” said Holt. “We want San Antonio to be a destination in North America for big matches – whether they’re international exhibitions or continental championships or national team games – we really want to be part of that first group of places that games can not only be brought here and staged professionally, but also very well supported.

“San Antonio, the club, the fans, the market, city leaders all really have a chance to make some noise in the next couple of weeks, and we fully intend to take advantage of that.”