The Argentina national football team will play a friendly match in an unusual venue for football. The game will take place at Kyle Field in Texas, a college football stadium owned by Texas A&M University. For Lionel Messi, this will be a unique occasion — he has never played in such a large stadium before.

Kyle Field: an American football giant opens to soccer

Kyle Field in College Station is one of the largest stadiums in the United States and the world. The venue can hold over 100,000 spectators, making it one of the biggest stadiums ever used for football matches in the USA.

It is normally home to Texas A&M’s American football team and only occasionally hosts other events. The upcoming Argentina match will be just the second football match in the history of this stadium, further highlighting the uniqueness of the event.

© Debbie Dell | Argentina will play a friendly at Kyle Field in Texas — a venue with over 100,000 capacity, which will be the largest stadium Lionel Messi has ever played in.

Messi and Argentina preparing for the World Cup

The match is a friendly and part of Argentina’s preparation for the upcoming World Cup. The opponent will be the Honduras national football team, but the exact June date for the match at Kyle Field has not yet been announced.

However, it is known that this will be part of a short training camp in the United States, during which Argentina will play two friendlies. The first is scheduled for June 6 against Honduras at Kyle Field (102,733 capacity), while three days later, on June 9, the world champions will face the Iceland national football team at Jordan-Hare Stadium, which can hold 87,451 spectators.

The main focus, however, is the fact that Lionel Messi will play in the largest stadium of his career, surpassing all venues he has previously played in — both at club and international level.

Organizers expect a sell-out crowd, which in such a venue would mean attendance exceeding 100,000 spectators. If that happens, it will be one of the biggest football events held in the USA outside major tournaments.