{"id":1298,"date":"2025-10-14T03:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/1298\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:57:18","slug":"argentina-vs-puerto-rico-moved-to-miami-from-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/1298\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina vs. Puerto Rico moved to Miami from Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The international friendly match between <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"892f805f-fef9-c22d-8f87-ba08b1b4d256\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=202\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/11766\/puerto-rico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Puerto Rico<\/a> has been moved from Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois to Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, it has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The game will now be played on Tuesday, Oct. 14 instead of Monday, Oct. 13.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Park District spokesman Luca Serra said the change in venue was due to low ticket sales.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, confirming that the Argentina against Puerto Rico match has been canceled in Chicago&#8221;, Serra told the Associated Press. &#8220;The promoter made the decision this morning due to low ticket sales.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The promoter of the match, VMG Sports and Entertainment, has not released an official statement on the move.<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed Argentine Football Association executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46533403\/argentina-friendly-relocated-miami-chicago-unrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told the Associated Press<\/a> that the game was to be rescheduled amid the immigration crackdown in the city of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>Argentina&#8217;s match against Puerto Rico will now take place at Inter Miami&#8217;s Chase Stadium.\u00a0Kirby Lee\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=20232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inter Miami<\/a> made the official announcement that the game would instead be held at their facility in Fort Lauderdale, marking the first time either national team feature at Chase Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chase Stadium is set to stage another international friendly, with Inter Miami CF&#8217;s home ground hosting a matchup between reigning FIFA World Cup and back-to-back Copa America winners Argentina and Puerto Rico this upcoming Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. ET,&#8221; the team said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The occasion presents a historic first-ever matchup between both sides, and the first time both teams will play at Chase Stadium.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ESPN has reached out to the promoter of the match for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina will face <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fc54fd66-314f-b58b-b5c1-e00b62e382c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=213\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Venezuela<\/a> on Oct. 10 before playing against Puerto Rico on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The international friendly match between Argentina and Puerto Rico has been moved from Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}