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Israeli Soccer Team to Play in NY for First Time in Decades

By: JTA
Published: April 30th, 2013
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Israel’s national soccer team will be making its first New York appearance in decades for a match against Honduras at Citi Field on June 2.

The match will coincide with New York’s annual Celebrate Israel parade, according to an announcement on Tuesday by the New York Mets, who play at the Queens ballpark.

It will be Israel’s first New York appearance in 35 years.

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One Response to “Israeli Soccer Team to Play in NY for First Time in Decades”

  1. Marsha Roth says:
    April 30, 2013 at 8:03 PM

    THIS is where US Security should be highly alerted to home grown Terrorists! I know the Israeli Security will be fully alerted to everything! Will the US?

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