However, when Columbus' MAPFRE Stadium was announced on Monday as the venue for the US Men's National Team's clash with Mexico to open up the Hexagonal stage of 2018 World Cup Qualifying on November 11, it made so much sense.
The site where "Dos a Cero" was born is set to host another important battle between the neighboring countries this fall and while the United States is expected to emerge successfully from a bit of a bumpy qualifying stretch, a win against their fiercest rivals would make their path to Russia that much clearer.