By all accounts the U 20 Fifa World Cup of Soccer has been a resounding success so far and there are still 4 matches left to enjoy. I have been following the tourney and commenting on the experience on my Blog de Canada (in Spanish). Interest from Latin America and Spain was high due to the high percentage of Hispanic teams in the competition. 50% of the teams left are Hispanic: Argentina and Chile. Mexico, unfortunately was knocked out of competition by Argentina in a thriller of a match at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa. Packages from Mexico to Canada offered through http://www.demexicoacanada.ca/ were sold out. I myself attended every Mexican game except for the match in Edmonton on July 8th. The Canada 2007 U-20 may end up being the most successful U-20 Cup ever. It looks like ticket sales will surpass the record Mexico has held since the early 80's when that country hosted the tournament. To date, reports indicate sales surpassed 1,150,000 tickets. This bodes very well for Canada to host the 2011 Women's World Cup. Although not as big as the U-20 Cup, which is the third largest sports event in the world after the World Cup proper and the Olympics, the Women's World Cup is also a wonderful opportunity for tourism in Canada. Let's hope we get that one too!Jaime
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