The league announced its schedule of games that will be played outside the United States during the 2022 season
The NFL announced this Monday morning that the arizona cardinals they return to Mexico to receive a match from regular season at Aztec stadium.
Through a statement, the league shared the list of teams that will be local in their matches international during the 2022 season.
The Cardinals hosted the San Francisco 49ers on October 2, 2005, in the first game of regular season in history that was played outside the United States. In that occasion, Arizona by 31 to 14. Previously, the league had carried matches from display to MexicoJapan, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom.
after that match of 2005, the Cardinals They have only played one game outside the United States, in 2017 when they fell 33-0 to the Los Angeles Rams at Twickenham Stadium in London.
“In 2005, when the Cardinals organized the first match from regular season of the NFL played outside of the United States, we experienced firsthand the extraordinary support and incredible passion of our fans at Mexico“said the owner of the CardinalsMichael Bidwill. “We know that it has increased exponentially in the years since and we are excited to return to the City of Mexico and the Aztec stadium in 2022.”
The NFL indicated that the rival and the date of the match of the Cardinals will be released soon with the announcement of the full schedule, however, John Sutcliffe of ESPN anticipated that Arizona will face the San Francisco 49ers on “Monday Night Football.”
Our home away from home.
The NFL has announced that we have been designated to play a regular season game at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in 2022.#CardinalsInMexico 🇲🇽
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) February 28, 2022
The Cardinals they are scheduled to host the Niners, Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots this season.
In addition to the place for match on Mexicothe NFL it also revealed the teams that will host games in England and Germany.
The Buccaneers will be local at the FC Bayern Munich Stadium, where it will be the first match from regular season in the history that is played in Germany.
For its part, England will receive three games in London, the Jaguars will play at Wembley Stadium while the New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers will be local at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
This will be the first time the Packers have played a match outside the United States.
The @AZCardinals return to our country after 17 years! 🇲🇽🏟️🤩
The Azteca Stadium will live the passion of a game of #NFL one more time, do you want to be there? Register to have information before anyone else: https://t.co/BiXYGRtzCR#NFLMX pic.twitter.com/RrRZV4tgWV
— NFL Mexico (@nflmx) February 28, 2022
“We are very excited to host five matches outside the United States in 2022 and thank the teams for their continued commitment to the international growth of the sport,” said Peter O’Reilly, executive vice president of team and event business for the league. “Our fans in Germany, Mexico The US and the UK can expect to see some of the most iconic names and biggest stars in the league and enjoy an incredible series of events.”
Last year, as part of the expansion of the regular season of the NFL at 17 matches it was determined that beginning this year, up to four conference teams whose clubs were eligible for a ninth match from regular season as locals they would be designated to dispute a match international at a neutral venue every year.
The #NFL continues to expand around the world and we already know 5️⃣ teams that will participate in the international games! 🗺️🇲🇽🇬🇧🇩🇪
Registration is now available to access Mexico Game 2022 tickets: https://t.co/BiXYGRLaup#NFLMX pic.twitter.com/dw0utprBlO
— NFL Mexico (@nflmx) February 28, 2022
The Packers will become the 32nd team in the NFL who has been playing in London since 2007 when the matches league internationals in England.
“The Packers are excited to make our international debut during the 2022 season,” said Green Bay President and CEO Mark Murphy. “Our fans in the UK and elsewhere in Europe have been eagerly awaiting the chance to see the Pakers play in their backyard and we know that many of our fans in the US will be traveling to London.
“It will be an honor to represent the NFL, as well as Green Bay and Wisconsin internationally. This will be a great opportunity to introduce the Packers, as well as Green Bay and our area, to an international audience and to encourage fans at the UK to visit us in person at Lambeau Field.”
The NFL played continuously matches from regular season on Mexico in 2016 and 2017, before the scheduled Nov. 19, 2018 Rams-Chiefs game was canceled and relocated to Los Angeles due to poor field conditions. Aztec stadium. His last visit was in 2019 with the Chiefs’ 24-17 win over the Chargers. In 2020 and 2021 no games were held due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NFL confirms Cardinals will play in Mexico in 2022