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Dynamo Season Ticket Members Eligible for Exclusive Private Sale for 2016 Copa America Centenario

November 19, 2015 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Houston Dynamo FC News Release


HOUSTON (Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015) - Houston Dynamo and Houston Dash season ticket members will have an exclusive private sale to purchase tickets for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, a historic tournament featuring the 16 best national teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. Houston's NRG Stadium was selected as one of ten host stadiums for the centennial event, which will run June 3-26, 2016 across the United States.

As a benefit to Dynamo and Dash season ticket members, a special private sale will be available to purchase tickets for the Copa America Centenario matches. More information on the ticket allocation process will be communicated in the coming weeks. To purchase Dynamo or Dash season tickets, call 713-276-GOAL or visit www.HoustonDynamo.com/tickets.

The host metropolitan areas and respective stadiums are: Boston (Gillette Stadium), Chicago (Soldier Field), Houston (NRG Stadium), Los Angeles (Rose Bowl), New York (MetLife Stadium), Orlando (Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium), Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field), Phoenix (University of Phoenix Stadium), San Francisco (Levi's Stadium) and Seattle (CenturyLink Field). Similar to the FIFA World Cup, each venue will host matches on multiple days through the tournament. Most venues will have at least three games.

The 2016 Copa America Centenario is the historic centennial edition of Copa America - the South American championship - and will be staged outside of South America for the first time. The tournament will feature six teams from the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and all 10 teams from the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

From CONCACAF, host United States and Mexico are automatic qualifiers, while Costa Rica (2014 Central American Cup winner) and Jamaica (2014 CFU Caribbean Cup winner) qualified with regional championships last year. The final two teams from CONCACAF will be determined in a double-header playoff set to be disputed Jan. 8, 2016, in Panama City. Trinidad & Tobago will face Haiti, and Panama squares off against Cuba with the winners qualifying for the Copa America Centenario.

The South American field for the tournament features Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Uruguay has been crowned champion of the Copa America a record 15 times, while Chile won its first title at this past year's edition, which it hosted.

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have partnered for the historic 2016 Copa America tournament, setting a new standard for inter-confederation cooperation in the Americas and worldwide. The Copa America Centenario Local Organizing Committee, formed by tournament host U.S. Soccer, is a separate entity responsible for certain logistical and organizational details of the competition.

NRG Stadium was chosen from among 24 candidates that originally submitted bids earlier this year. All ten venues passed rigorous standards - including minimum seating capacity of 60,000 and other world-class infrastructure requirements - in order to host matches of this high-profile tournament.

For more information on the Copa America Centenario, visit www.CA2016.com.

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