Do This: Watch U.S. Men's Soccer Team Qualify For World Cup 2014 In Grant Park

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jun 17, 2013 9:20PM

Mayor Rahm Emanuel declared Tuesday, June 18 to be “U.S. Soccer Centennial Celebration Day in Chicago,” part of U.S. Soccer's year-long celebration of its centennial. As part of the celebration, U.S. Soccer, the city, the Chicago park District and Chicago Sports Commission will host a free screening of tomorrow's World Cup qualifying match between the United States and Honduras.

The U.S. Men's National Team is currently 3-1-1 with victories over Jamaica and Panama. A win over Honduras Tuesday would give the USMNT favorable seeding heading into qualifying matches in September against Costa Rica and Mexico. But the Americans need to play a clean game. Nine U.S. players have been handed yellow cards right now and one more means the team misses its match against Costa Rica.

The match doesn't start until 8 p.m. but pre-match festivities begin at 4 p.m. with a raffle to see the match against Mexico in Columbus, Ohio, a youth soccer clinic hosted by Chicago Red Stars and the Illinois Youth Soccer Association and pick up soccer games on mini-fields. The match against Honduras will be projected from a 19' X 33' GoVision high-definition mobile giant screen. ESPN Chicago's Sarah Spain will emcee the entire shebang.