As I wrote yesterday, one of my favorite sporting event start times are weekday afternoon games. Today I am planning to combine a weekday afternoon baseball game with a Gold Cup soccer doubleheader at Soldier Field. The Chicago White Sox are scheduled to play the Tampa Bay Rays at 1:05 pm. This is the first time I will have seen the Rays play at U.S. Cellular Field since April 23, 2004.

At 6 pm the United States plays Honduras in the first game of the doubleheader followed by Mexico and Costa Rica in the second game. This morning, my friend, Liam, called and invited me to a luxury box for the Gold Cup doubleheader. Since I was already planning to attend, I, of course, said yes. My original plan was to buy tickets outside of Soldier Field from a fan that had extras or from a scalper. This is another reason not to buy tickets ahead of time – you never know when you might get a last minute invite.