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Football fans intending to travel to Glasgow for the friendly match between Glasgow Rangers and Liverpool at Ibrox on Saturday 2 August are advised that there will be no suitable trains for return to Liverpool after the game.

Virgin Trains also warns those travelling from south of Carlisle on Saturday that they should double check train times the day before setting out. They will need to start journeys significantly earlier than normal as there is no guarantee they will reach Ibrox in time for the 1500 kick-off. A similar warning also applies to those travelling from Manchester to the FA Community Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth at Wembley on Sunday 10 August.

Route improvement work on the West Coast Main Line means that road coaches will replace trains between Preston and Carlisle all day on Saturday 2 August and until 1300 hours on Sunday 3 August. Journey times will be extended by around two hours.

Details of amended timetables with significantly longer journey times will be available later this week from National Rail Enquiries on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk and +44(0)8457-48-49-50, but times currently shown will no longer apply.

Network Rail is carrying out significant improvement work to prepare for better rail services, but in the meantime this involves more alterations to timetables than were originally expected. Football fans intending to use Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line should note that there will be significant changes to rail services every weekend and on some other dates from now until December, involving alternative road transport, diverted trains and increased journey times.

Cities and towns affected include London, Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester, Wigan, Preston, Carlisle and Glasgow.

Source: Virgin Trains

The International Friendly Soccer Match Between the National Teams of El Salvador and Guatemala Proved that Central American Soccer is Stronger than Ever

The “Clasico Centroamericano” Last Sunday, July 20 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Broke Attendance Records

Traffic Sports USA, announced today the positive results regarding the International Friendly soccer match between the Salvadoran and Guatemalan national teams held last Sunday, July 20 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

More than 37,000 fans poured into the Coliseum to cheer on their respective national sides in the “Clasico Centroamericano” leading several media to qualify the match as one of the top exhibition matches held in the United States in the last 20 years. The Central American population is one of the largest in the United States at over 5 million people.

“Soccer continues to grow by leaps and bounds in the United States. The USL (United Soccer Leagues), MLS (Major League Soccer), Champions League, official club games, and International Exhibition soccer games are proof that the market wants soccer… good soccer. The exhibition games held by the Mexican National Team in the United States have been extremely successful commercially during the last years, but the Mexican team is not the only one that has a significant and passionate fan base in the United States,” stated Enrique Sanz de Santamaria, Vice President of Traffic Sports Marketing. “We are very excited with the way Central American fans responded and we have proven, once again, that these markets respond with loyalty to their respective National Teams. It is important that potential sponsors as well as anyone involved in the soccer industry is aware of the potential and massive following of Central American teams. These are first-rate events,” he concluded.

For this match, Traffic Sports Marketing retained the services of Primetime Group, a Hispanic Marketing Agency based in Los Angeles which specializes in sports and entertainment. As part of the promotional campaign for this match, two giant flags (30 by 60 feet each) were produced and painted by each community. More than 5,000 fans and local celebrities participated signing the soccer flags at a well-known local park. The flags were then displayed during the match and will be presented as gifts to the respective countries. Furthermore, each team held an open practice in the heart of the Central American community in Los Angeles with an estimated 8,000 fans attending the practices. In addition to all of the fans, many sponsors supported the match and benefited from all of the promotional activities that surrounded the event.

In the next stage of the CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying, El Salvador will be participating in GROUP C versus Costa Rica, Haiti, and Surinam. Guatemala will be in GROUP A where it will face the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, and Cuba. Traffic Sports owns the Closed Circuit television rights for the majority of these games in the United States which presents a great opportunity for sponsors targeting the U.S. Hispanic market.

Source: Traffic Sports USA