{"id":665096,"date":"2026-05-12T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/665096\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:53:10","slug":"attendance-soars-for-edmontons-canada-soccer-match-and-commonwealths-lower-bowl-is-sold-out-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/665096\/","title":{"rendered":"Attendance soars for Edmonton&#8217;s Canada Soccer match, and Commonwealth&#8217;s lower bowl is sold out | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big crowd will be heading to Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton next month.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Men\u2019s National Team is set to play one of their final tune-up matches in the Alberta capital before the World Cup, and Edmonton soccer fans will be packing into the stadium to watch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/canadian-mens-team-returning-edmonton-world-cup-match\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canada will take on Uzbekistan at Commonwealth Stadium<\/a> on June 1, which is just 11 days before their World Cup opener in Toronto. Excitement for the World Cup has been growing across Canada, and Edmonton is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the Edmonton match have been flying off the shelves, and the lower bowl has completely sold out weeks before the game.<\/p>\n<p>That will make for quite a rowdy crowd for the Canadian squad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/attendance-edmonton-canada-soccer-commonwealth-lower-bowl-sold-out\/cmnt-edmonton4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2270676 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"CMNT-Edmonton4\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"638\" height=\"650\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2270676\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CMNT-Edmonton4.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2270676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ticketmaster.com<\/p>\n<p>Fans wanting to buy tickets to the match will now be limited to upper-bowl seats, which are going for $53 at the cheapest. Those tickets appear to be going fast as well, which bodes well for this being a potentially historic turnout for Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/huge-crowd-commonwealth-stadium-canada-soccer-edmonton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canada Soccer reported that a total of 36,000 tickets<\/a> had already been sold for the Canada vs. Uzbekistan match. Commonwealth Stadium has a max capacity of 56,302 seats.<\/p>\n<p>With the lower-bowl now sold out and upper-bowl tickets going fast, you\u2019d have to imagine that number has only gone up since.<\/p>\n<p>It will certainly get close to being one of the highest-attended soccer matches in Edmonton history. The current record-holder belongs to a 2015 Women\u2019s World Cup match between the Canadian Women\u2019s National Team and China that saw a whopping 53,068 fans pack into Commonwealth Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The highest-attended Canadian Men\u2019s National Team match in Edmonton was a 1994 friendly against Brazil that had 51,936 fans attend.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time the Canadian Men\u2019s National Team has played in the Alberta capital since defeating Mexico 2-1 in a 2021 World Cup qualifier match. Many fans will be hoping to get a glimpse of Edmonton native and international soccer star Alphonso Davies, but his status is in doubt after <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/canada-alphonso-davies-could-miss-fifa-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">suffering an injury earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the Edmonton match, the Canadian men will jet off to Montreal for a final tune-up game against Ireland on June 5, before heading to Toronto to open up their World Cup schedule against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A big crowd will be heading to Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton next month. 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